Daisy Comes Home
Brett, Jan
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken
Kapiti Plain.
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Once a Mouse-- : a Fable Cut in Wood
Brown, Marcia
A tiger roars that "no one shall tell me that I was once a mouse!," but an old
hermit with magical powers does tell him; for it was he who first changed the tiger
from a mouse to his proud and royal self.
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Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!
Carle, Eric
A bilingual book that celebrates friendship in English and Japanese.
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Peek!: a Thai Hide-and-Seek
Ho, Minfong
A father and daughter play hide-and-seek in the midst of the animals near their
house in Thailand.
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Silly Chicken
Khan, Rukhsana
In Pakistan, Rani believes that her mother loves their pet chicken Bibi more than
she cares for her, until the day that a fluffy chick appears and steals Rani's own
affections.
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Tikki Tikki Tembo
Mosel, Arlene
When the eldest son fell in the well and the people getting help spent most of
the time pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend,
decided to give all their children short names.
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Tasty Baby Belly Buttons
Sierra, Judy
Uriko-hime, a girl born from a melon, battles the monstrous oni, who steal babies
to eat their tasty belly buttons.
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Yoko's Paper Cranes
Wells, Rosemary
When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans
to her grandmother for her birthday.
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Books for Older Readers |
The Hungry Coat: a Tale from Turkey
Demi
After being forced to change to a fancy new coat to attend a party, Nasrettin Hoca
tries to feed his dinner to the coat, reasoning that it was the coat that was the
invited guest.
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The Conch Bearer: a Novel
Divakaruni, Chitra
In India, a healer invites 12-year-old Anand to join him on a quest to return a
magical conch to its safe and rightful home, high in the Himalayan mountains.
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Haiku Activities: Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kids
Donegan, Patricia
Introduces the form of Japanese poetry known as haiku.
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Asian Kites
Hosking, Wayne
Presents full-color illustrated instructions for making 15 different kites from Asia.
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Goha the Wise Fool
Johnson-Davies, Denys
A collection of fourteen tales about the folk hero Goha, a man with a reputation for
being able to answer difficult questions in a clever way.
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Go to Sleep, Gecko!: a Balinese Folktale
MacDonald, Margaret Read
All Gecko wants is to go to sleep. If only the chief would make everyone pipe down!
In this story, we learn, as does Gecko, that there are some things you just have to put
up with.
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Gay-Neck: the Story of a Pigeon
Mukerji, Dhan
The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during World War I,
revealing the bird's courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an
Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield. |
Wishing Moon
Tunnell, Michael
After a fourteen-year-old orphan named Aminah comes to possess a magic lamp, the
wishes granted her by the genie inside it allow her to alter her life by choosing
prosperity, purpose, and romance.
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