Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> People & Places - Asia

According to legend, the proud and haughty cat was denied the Buddha's blessing for refusing to accept his teachings and pay him homage. So when the artist, moved by compassion for his pet, includes the cat in his painting, the priest rejects the work and decrees that it must be destroyed. It seems the...

Meet Lin and her pet dragon

When the dragon mysteriously disappears, Lin sets off on a journey to find her best friend . . . and readers set off on a journey of learning and discovery.

By ingeniously integrating written Chinese characters into the illustrations as the story progresses, Christoph Niemann has created a book that is engrossing, unique, and memorable. The Pet Dragon is a playful introduction to the fascinating world of Chinese language and culture . . . and a terrific story to share with children everywhere.

You are invited to join Lin for an...

At last, the master
Says, "That's hard to explain." And
That is all she says.

This unsatisfying answer sets Wabi Sabi on a journey to uncover the meaning of her name, and on the way discovers what wabi sabi is: a Japanese philosophy of seeing beauty in simplicity, the ordinary, and the imperfect.

Using spare text and haiku, Mark Reibstein weaves an extraordinary story about finding real...

We held our weapons ready. I felt power humming through my limbs.

Kimi and her sister, Hana, disguised themselves as boys to learn the ways of the samurai--and to prepare themselves to take revenge on the uncle who murdered their father and older brothers.

After receiving word that their mother and younger brother are alive and in hiding, the sisters set off on a treacherous journey to find them. But giving up is not an option--if they fail, they will lose the last of their family forever.

Don't miss any of Kimi and Hana's adventures

Manblomma och kampen om solen ar en vackert illustrerad barnbok som utspelar sig pa stapperna i Centralasien. Manblomma, en ung flicka fran en turkisk stam, upplever arstidernas vaxlingar och funderar over varfor varma, langa och ljusa sommardagar bleknar bort och nastan forsvinner i en kall och mork vinter. Boken ar skriven pa rimmade vers och tar med lasaren pa en resa genom arstiderna. De vackra illustrationerna ar gjorda av den mongoliska konstnarinnan Solongo Drini som med sina bilder later lasaren njuta av en tid och plats dar naturens kraft och skonhet regerar. Manblomma och kampen...

Das illustrierte Kinderbuch Mondblume und der Sonnenwendtanz nimmt Sie mit auf eine Reise in die Steppen Zentralasiens. Dort beobachtet Mondblume, ein kleines MAdchen eines tUrkischen Stammes, den Wechsel der Jahreszeiten und wundert sich, warum die warmen, langen und hellen Tage des Sommers allmAhlich verschwinden und schlielich von den kalten dunklen Wintertagen abgelOst werden. Um einen gesangartigen Rhythmus zu erzeugen, ist die Geschichte in Versform geschrieben. Dies macht den flieenden Zyklus der Jahreszeiten mit seinen Wellen aus wechselnden Farben, GerAuschen und Stimmungen noch...

Inside Out and Back Again is a #1 New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award

Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee--fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama--this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child's-eye view of family and immigration.

For all the ten years of her life, Ha has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the...

Adjusting to life in the United States isn't easy for Fadi's family and as the...

"I thought you might sleep through it." The creature smiled.
Saki's voice was little more than a whisper. "Sleep through what?"
It leaned over. She stared into its will-o'-the-wisp eyes.
"The Night Parade, of course."

The last thing Saki Yamamoto wants to do for her summer vacation is trade in exciting Tokyo for the antiquated rituals and bad cell reception of her grandmother's village. Preparing for the Obon ceremony is boring. Then the local kids take interest in Saki and she sees an opportunity for some fun, even if it means disrespecting her family's ancestral...

Trapped.

For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve, his baba has warned. They flee to the big city of Mumbai in hopes of finding work and a brighter future. Gopal is eager to help support his struggling family, so when a stranger approaches him with the promise of a factory job, he jumps at the offer.

?But there is no factory, just a stuffy sweatshop where he and five other boys are forced to work for no money and little food. The boys are forbidden to talk or even to call one another by their real names....

According to Chinese tradition, those who die hungry or unjustly come back to haunt the living. Some are appeased with food, but not all ghosts are successfully mollified. In this chilling collection of stories, Ying Chang Compestine takes readers on an exhilarating journey through time and across different parts of China. Hungry ghosts have prevailed--from the building of the Great Wall in 200 B.C.E. to the modern day of iPods--and continue to torment those who wronged them.

At once a window into the history and culture of China and an ode to Chinese cuisine, this assortment of...

For 60 years, generations of English-speaking children around the world have been enchanted by Japanese Children's Favorite Stories--and for good reason. With such titles as "The Toothpick Warriors" and "The Rabbit Who Crossed the Sea," these 20 stories offer age-old lessons in kindness and goodness that are still riveting to children and parents alike. This 60th Anniversary Tuttle edition is proof that good stories...