Discover lots of books about the Chinese New Year. A Book About Making New Friends in a New Country Friends Are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu Friends Are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu Author Dane Liu based the story of Friends Are Friends, Forever on her real-life experience moving from Chi...
Whether your child is nervous about starting school or making new friends, the picture book The Little Butterfly That Could is a great story about how to tackle fears and keep moving forward. The little butterfly gets lost from his friends as they migrate 200 miles. The encouraging whale adv...
My research is now moving into new areas including the History of Chinese Women’s Diplomacy and International Thought. Several of the women who graduated from missionary schools for girls used their English language skills to serve their country as translators, interpreters and even diplomats after ...
In Hilda’s enchanted world, she can’t sit still and can never say no to an adventure. And in a land of talking crows, moving mountains and more, who can blame her? This book is all about a young girl’s magical quest through the windswept North as she braves a snowstorm and befr...
It's never too early to get your child hooked on the fantasy genre. Allow your child's imagination to run wild with these 12 best fantasy books.
With the exception of general computer science and programming publications, a good coding book for kids covers just one language. For students ages 8-10, we recommend starting with Scratch and moving into HTML/CSS and JavaScript after. For students ages 11-13, we recommend starting with Python...
Now for the books Back when my kids were in first grade,I wrote about volunteering at the school library.(It’s a pandemic – I’m trying to keep you entertained!) My book club My book clubmet virtually last night to discuss The Glass Hotel (thumbs-up). We had a surprise guest –...
This is a series about a Maine game warden. These books are always satisfying and have a wonderful sense of place. As it turns out, the main character, Mike Bowditch, is also a no TV person: “One of the decisions I’d made, in moving into my new house, had been to sell my tele...
Nash's funny wordplay keeps this story moving briskly and his surprising revelation of the hypocrisy of the pets will both amuse young readers and give them something to think about. Munsinger's pen & ink and watercolor illustrations are very much in the spirit of the poem, giving appropriately...
day. Koh Chu-mong is from 55 BCE. Kevin uses his math skills, the zodiac and Korean folk history to help the leader return to the past. There are not too many books that will teach your kids about ancient Korea while still delivering an engaging narrative so definitely pick this one up...