China Books

Provides much needed up-to-date information for the middle secondary level. Extended case studies presented in an attractive and accessible way, encourage students to really get to grips with China. Contains full background information on China and its physical, human and environmental geography, statistics, fact boxes, a fact-file, a comprehensive glossary and index, and full-colour photos, maps and diagrams. (ISBN:0431014175) (For this item please quote stock ID 7946) ISBN: 0431014175

>Short, accessible chapters dealing with aspects of history, culture, geography & lifestyle >Clear, simple language with a glossary of Chinese terms >A wide range of student tasks from note-taking & research to creative, imaginative responses & model making >Clear illustrations & colour photographs (ISBN:0195506758) (For this item please quote stock ID 8388) ISBN: 0195506758

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Fifteen traditional stories from old China, retold by Rosalind Kerven. Discover the secrets of the Heavenly Peach garden and the Palace of Boundless Cold; laugh at the outrageous adventures of super-hero Monkey in these magical and mysterious stories. But journey to the realms of the Dragon Kings only if you dare... In the Court of the Jade Emperor is one of 11 books that make up Extended Reading Level B, for children in Year 6/Primary 7. This phase of Cambridge Reading aims to develop children's knowledge about language, its vocabulary, forms, structures and styles. This book is available in a pack of 6 for guided group reading. (ISBN:0521635241) (For this item please quote stock ID 8821) ISBN: 0521635241

Presenting a broad overview of some of the most fascinating societies and cultures in history, this title, which is one of a series focuses on Imperial China from 221 BC to AD 1294 and gives details of the events that helped to shape life. There is an analysis of types of government, religious beliefs, science, technology and the arts, as well as a look at everyday life of both rich and poor. (ISBN:0237517175) (For this item please quote stock ID 10597) ISBN: 0237517175

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A stimulating collection of cultural information sheets and activities for the upper primary and lower secondary classroom. In photocopy master format, this book is a useful supplement for any course. (ISBN:0919879764) (For this item please quote stock ID 12706) ISBN: 0919879764

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This text takes us on a journey along the Yangtze. It is part of a series which includes some of the longest rivers in the world, and which aims to emphasise the geographical significance of these great waterways in terms of, for example, trade, irrigation and industry along their banks. (ISBN:0237517183) (For this item please quote stock ID 15365) ISBN: 0237517183

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Suitable for middle primary school children, this books contains quality full-colour photographs and useful internet sites for further information. Contents: >Chinese History >Daily Life in Ancient China >Ancient Chinese Culture >What did the Chinese Do? >How We Know >Glossary >Internet Sites >Useful Addresses >Index (ISBN:0739835807) (For this item please quote stock ID 15519) ISBN: 0739835807

In ancient, war-torn China, hundreds and hundreds of men were called upon to defend their homeland. Unknown to all, there stood one female among the soldiers. Disguised as her brother, in order to take her father's place in the army, heroine Mu Lan bravely defends her country with superior martial arts. Cheng An Jiang and Wei Jiang are an award winning father/daughter team of authors and illustrators who have published between them over one hundred children's books. They have remade the classic Chinese poem of Mu Lan into an easy-to-read, vibrantly coloured picture book. >Awarded ‘seal of approval’ for a multicultural classic by Multicultural Publishers and Education Council >Displayed at the Smithsonian Institute >Required reading for University of California Berkeley and San Francisco State Asian American Studies departments >‘Lovely water color illustrations . . . share this with your story time group’ - review in School Library Journal >Considered for inclusion in Prentice Hall's anthology of children's literature >Appeared in the program for the touring play Woman Warrior in North America (ISBN:1878217143) (For this item please quote stock ID 16488) ISBN: 1878217143

Taiwan version, with chuyin fuhao phonetic pronunciation. (ISBN:1878217453) (For this item please quote stock ID 16489) ISBN: 1878217453

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Twenty years ago the streets of China's cities were crowded with bicycles. Military music echoed through the squares and people gathered in the teahouse for green tea and a game of cards. Today the bicycles are still there but the roar of cars and buses drowns out the bicycle bells. Shiny office blocks tower above the dust and fumes, and the smell of coffee spills on to the streets. Meet the people of China and discover the diversity of their lives, from a taxi driver in Shanghai to a grain farmer in Shaanxi. Includes maps and graphic panels showing statistics and fact boxes about size, flag, population, religion, currency, language. (ISBN:0750234997) (For this item please quote stock ID 17164) ISBN: 0750234997

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This book introduces 20 titans of the academic world, who made great contributions to the progress of science, medicine, philosophy, psychology, biology, etc. Psychoanalyst Freud, physicist Einstein, astronomer Hubble, philosopher Wittgenstein, bacteriologist Fleming, economist Keynes, environmentalist Carson and network designer Tim Berners-Lee are all included. (ISBN:7313025149) (For this item please quote stock ID 18129) ISBN: 7313025149

This book introduces 20 famous figures who have had a great impact on our cultural life, including Pablo Picasso, Charlie Chaplin, James Joyce, T.S. Elliot, Marlon Brando, The Beatles, Igor Stravinksy, etc. (ISBN:7313025157) (For this item please quote stock ID 18131) ISBN: 7313025157

This volume introduces 20 legendary figures, including Helen Keller, Mohammed Ali, Princess Diana, Martin Luther King, Carl Lewis and Michael Jordan. (ISBN:7313025327) (For this item please quote stock ID 18133) ISBN: 7313025327

Contents: ‘What is the Immune System?’ ‘How the Immune System Works’, ‘Allergies - When the Immune System Reacts’, and much more. (ISBN:7110049779) (For this item please quote stock ID 18134) ISBN: 7110049779

Contents: ‘Roots of the Epidemic’; ‘The Human Body - Target for Infection’; ‘The Virus - A Common Invader’; ‘Catching AIDS’; ‘Preventing the Spread of AIDS’, and ‘The Search for a Cure’. (ISBN:7110049787) (For this item please quote stock ID 18135) ISBN: 7110049787

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The cheetah is the world’s fastest land mammal. But speed does not guarantee survival, with the cheetah’s biology and way of life making survival difficult. Considered an endangered species, cheetahs have also been victims of humans, having been hunted for their fur and destroyed as a threat to livestock. Where cheetahs cannot run free, they cannot survive. (ISBN:7110049752) (For this item please quote stock ID 18137) ISBN: 7110049752

Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry are such common tastes that few people give them much thought. Do you know where these flavours come from? Do you know how they got their names, how they are prepared, and how they were originally used? What makes them taste the way they do, and how they have been changed and been imitated over the years? Find the answers in this book. (ISBN:7110049795) (For this item please quote stock ID 18138) ISBN: 7110049795

Contents: ‘What is DNA? Cells, Protein, & DNA’, ‘The Message’, ‘The Code’, ‘Translating the Message’, ‘Processing the Information’, ‘Signals’, ‘Copying the Information’, and ‘Changing the Information’. (ISBN:7110049744) (For this item please quote stock ID 18139) ISBN: 7110049744

This three-volume series is designed to meet the needs of students interested in exploring the world in which they live. Around 70 important festivals and grand celebrations held in various countries from January through December are included in this book. Among them are the World’s New Years Day, Brazil’s Carnival, Easter, Italy’s Snake Festival, China’s Dragon Boat and Mooncake Festivals, the American Halloween, and Mexico’s Festival of the Dead. (ISBN:7560019498) (For this item please quote stock ID 18143) ISBN: 7560019498

This three-volume series is designed to meet the needs of students interested in exploring the world in which they live. This book features over 70 world-famous buildings located in 33 countries including Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. Maps show the location of each featured building. (ISBN:7560019501) (For this item please quote stock ID 18144) ISBN: 7560019501

This three-volume series is designed to meet the needs of students interested in exploring the world in which they live. Covers a range of sports and games including ball games, target games, athletics, combat sports, winter sports and animal sports. It relates the origin and development of the world’s most popular sports like soccer and tennis, and also introduces readers to more unfamiliar sports such as pelota and camel racing. (ISBN:756001951X) (For this item please quote stock ID 18145) ISBN: 756001951X

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A little girl's neighborhood becomes a discovery ground of things round, square and rectangular. Many of the objects are Asian in origin, other universal: round rice bowls and a found pebble, square dim sum and pizza boxes, rectangular Chinese lace and very special pencil case. Bright art accompanies this lively introduction to shapes and short glossary explains the cultural significance of the objects featured in the book. Perfect for read-alouds or one-on-one sharing. (ISBN:0811826767) (For this item please quote stock ID 18464) ISBN: 0811826767

Poetry that spans 2,000 years - from the Han dynasty to the 20th century - is presented here in faithful but inventive and rhythmic translations that capture the astonishing beauty of the original Chinese. The accompanying text describes the world of these poets, the culture that inspired them, and the history that stirred their deepest emotions. The work is enhanced by illustrations that foster an appreciation for the close relationship of poetry to other art forms. Poetry is so ingrained in Chinese culture that for several thousand years the ability to compose it was considered the mark of an educated person. Included here are 35 shi poems in English and Chinese. Classical Chinese shi poems follow strict rules about structure and rhythm. China's poets have created shi for several thousand years. This selection represents both major figures and some lesser-known poets, both male and female. Each poem includes the Chinese characters and pinyin, and the text accompanying the poems places each work in a historical and thematic context. The text is intended for all children and has evolved from one author's successful classroom experience using Chinese poetry as a means to teach poetry and creative writing to middle-school students. Because the poems are both enjoyable and accessible, they enhance students' appreciation of poetry while providing models with which students can experiment in their own writing. A book for ages 12 and up. Author Orel Protopopescu, author, poet, and educator, trains teachers to teach writing and conducts prose and poetry workshops for students of all ages. She is the author of two books for children, Since Lulu Learned the Cancan and The Perilous Pit and a handbook on teaching writing. Her poetry has been published in the Spoon River Poetry Review and Contexts. She lives with her family on Long Island, USA. Author and illustrator Liu Siyu was born in China. She is a graduate of Qinghua University and Jinghua Art School, and holds a M.A. from State University of New York, Buffalo. An architect and artist, she lives on East Coast USA with her family. (ISBN:1881896242) (For this item please quote stock ID 19238) ISBN: 1881896242

This Countries & Cultures book explores China in detail, including climate, landforms, wildlife, history, government, economics, people, and traditions. Additional features include maps, sidebars explaining China's money and national symbols (including the flag and seal), a history time line, and a traditional recipe. Come discover China! Features: >Full-colour photographs >Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, addresses, index >Reinforced library binding >Fast Facts sections >Maps >Traceable images of the country's flag & seal >Language phrases >Time line >Recipe >Frequent subheads to aid comprehension >Contextual definitions of unfamiliar terms >Internet sites (ISBN:0736807675) (For this item please quote stock ID 19717) ISBN: 0736807675

A mysterious stranger shows Master Xhang how to finish the temple he is working on in time for the festival. Includes discussion questions and activities that explore the scientific principles illustrated in the story. (ISBN:1870516060) (For this item please quote stock ID 20391) ISBN: 1870516060

This photographic information book concentrates on the daily lives and experiences of children in China. It focuses on a particular child's day: from waking up, through breakfast, going to school, learning, travelling home, playing and getting ready for bed. Ren Yikang is seven years old. She lives with her parents in a five-storey apartment in Changzhi city. Her mother wakes her at seven and after breakfast her father gives her a lift to school on the back of his bicycle. Yikang is on school cleaning duty this morning. She and some of her classmates mop the floors of the classrooms. At five o'clock it's hometime. Yikang and her parents sit down to a dinner of rice and stir-fried Chinese celery with 'doufu' (bean curd), sweet and sour aubergine (egg plant) and sliced pig livers in a thick sauce. After dinner Yikang practices her English letters. At about ten, she kisses her mother and father goodnight and goes to bed. She reads cartoons until she feels sleepy. Yikang, Wanan! (Goodnight, Yikang). (ISBN:0711217718) (For this item please quote stock ID 20394) ISBN: 0711217718

A lively and fascinating introduction to the dramatic history of ancient China. Full of interesting facts, detailed illustrations, and clear photographs, this book offers a real insight into how the ancient Chinese lived. There are also absorbing activities and a traditional story, all bringing to life different aspects of this ancient civilisation. (ISBN:0791027260) (For this item please quote stock ID 22512) ISBN: 0791027260

It’s easy to appreciate a garden exploding with colourful flowers and fragrances, but what do you do with a patch of ugly vegetables? Author/illustrator Grace Lin recalls such a garden in this charming and eloquent story. The neighbours’ gardens look so much prettier and so much more inviting to the young gardener than the garden of 'black-purple-green vines, fuzzy wrinkled leaves, prickly stems, and a few little yellow flowers' that she and her mother grow. Nevertheless, mother assures her that 'these are better than flowers.' Come harvest time, everyone agrees as those ugly Chinese vegetables become the tastiest, most aromatic soup they have ever known. As the neighbourhood comes together to share flowers and ugly vegetable soup, the young gardener learns that regardless of appearances, everything has its own beauty and purpose. The Ugly Vegetables springs forth with the bright and cheerful colours of blooming flowers and bumpy, ugly vegetables. Grace Lin’s colourful, playful illustrations pour forth with abundant treasures. Complete with a guide to the Chinese pronunciation of the vegetables and the recipe for ugly vegetable soup! Try it . . . you’ll love it, too! (ISBN:1570914915) (For this item please quote stock ID 22880) ISBN: 1570914915

Discover shades of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and more as a little girl finds color in all sorts of everyday things. Many of the featured objects are Asian in origin, others universal: red is the dragon in the Chinese New Year parade, green is a bracelet made of jade, and yellow are the taxis she sees on her street. With rich, boisterous illustrations and colours that leap off the page, this concept picturebook will brighten every child’s day! (ISBN:0811831779) (For this item please quote stock ID 22881) ISBN: 0811831779

In English, dim sum means 'little hearts', or 'touches the heart', but to this young girl, dim sum means delicious. On a visit to a bustling dim sum restaurant, a family picks their favourite little dishes from the steaming trolleys filled with dumplings, cakes, buns, and tarts. And as is traditional and fun, they share their food with each other so that everyone gets a bite of everything. Just right for young children, Dim Sum for Everyone! celebrates a cultural custom and a universal favourite activity - eating! (ISBN:037581082X) (For this item please quote stock ID 22882) ISBN: 037581082X