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

Gundonumu dans Nardugan olarakta bilinen geleneksel k gundonumu kutlamalar n anlatmaktad r. I n ve s cakl n geri donu u ile hayat yeniden canlan r, hep canland . Umut her eyin yeniden hayat bulmas yd, umut evrenseldi, ve umudun dini, dili ve rk yoktu. Bu yuzden de tarih boyunca de i ik kulturlerdeki insanlar dil, din ve rk gozetmeksizin gundonumlerini farkl isimlerde ama benzer ekillerde hep bir umutla kutlad lar, bu kitapta da Altay da lar ndaki Turklerin umutlar n bulacaks n z ...

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...

Moonflower and the Solstice Dance is an illustrated children's book that takes readers on a journey to the steppes of Central Asia, where Moonflower, a young girl from a Turkic tribe, witnesses the changing of the seasons and wonders why warm, long, bright summer days fade away and nearly disappear into a cold, dark winter. The people of her village come together on the Winter Solstice to give the sun the courage it needs to beat back the darkness and rule the sky again. The story is told in rhyming verse, which creates a chant-like rhythm, and flows through the cycle of seasons,...

"Have you ever wondered if other half-this half-that creatures exist?" asked Ben.

"What?" murmured Ariel, deep into her own book. "Didn't we talk about this last week? I mean, sure, if Centipede Dragon exists why shouldn't other, uh, unique, creatures like him exist?"

In fact, others did. But unlike Centipede Dragon, he was NOT benevolent.

A naughty-natured newcomer infiltrates the otherwise peaceful village nestled by lake and mountains, wreaking havoc in his wake. Centipede Dragon, Ariel and Ben race to deter, thwart and ultimately stop this mysterious...