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Review: Brush of the Gods by Lenore Look
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Review: Jasper’s Story by Jill Robinson
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Review: Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang
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Review: A Single Pebble by Bonnie Christensen
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Review: Red Butterfly by A. L. Sonnichsen
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Review: The Only Child by Guojing
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To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story
To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story by Casey Scieszka, illustrated by Steven Weinberg Travel, romance and finding oneself are what makes this book irresistible. Casey and Steven...
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Review: The House Baba Built by Ed Young
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Review: Little White Duck by Na Liu
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu, illustrated by Andres Vera Martinez This graphic novel takes a look at the changes in China during the 1970s through the eyes of a young girl. Da...
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Review: Brush of the Gods by Lenore Look
Brush of the Gods by Lenore Look and Meilo So This is a picture book biography of Wu Daozi from the T’ang Dynasty, who is considered China’s greatest painter. As a child, Daozi is taught calligraphy,...
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Review: Jasper’s Story by Jill Robinson
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Review: Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang Saints by Gene Luen Yang These two incredible graphic novels tell the story of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1898. Boxers is told from the point of view of Little Bao, a...
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Review: A Single Pebble by Bonnie Christensen
A Single Pebble by Bonnie Christensen Mei wished that she could travel to the market with her father, but she had to stay behind and care for their silk worms. So Mei gave her father a jade pebble to...
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Review: Red Butterfly by A. L. Sonnichsen
Red Butterfly by A. L. Sonnichsen Kara was abandoned as an infant and taken in by an American woman living in China. Her Mama never leaves the apartment they share and Kara doesn’t attend school. Kara...
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Review: The Only Child by Guojing
The Only Child by Guojing (InfoSoup) Based on the author’s childhood growing up in China, this is the haunting story of a child left alone at home who decides to take the bus to her grandmother’s...
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