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HONG KONG
For Kids
Buddha Stories
• Demi
RELIGION •
1997 •
HARD COVER
• 32 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Intended for ages 4 to 8, this book tells 10 of the author's favorite "jakatas," or moral tales of the Buddha. She has sumptuously illustrated the volume in gold printed on deep, dark blue (in the tradition of an ancient Buddhist text). Gorgeous (at least in very good light!), and a compelling introduction to Buddhism for children.
(ASA16, $23.99) |
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This Is Hong Kong
• Miroslav Sasek
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
A vibrantly illustrated introduction to the city and its people.
(HKG32, $17.95) |
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Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding
• Lenore Look
• Yumi Heo
LITERATURE •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 40 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Chinese wedding traditions come alive in this story of a mischief-making Chinese-American girl who worries that her uncle will forget about her after he marries. With charming mixed-media illustrations.
(CHN348, $17.99) |
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Eyewitness Ancient China
• Arthur Cotterell
REFERENCE •
2005 •
HARD COVER
• 64 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
This handsomely illustrated overview of the history, art and accomplishments of ancient China is terrific for children ages 9-12. Informative text, color photographs and detailed illustrations introduce China's rich heritage.
(CHN50, $16.99) |
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White Ghost Girls
• Alice Greenway
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Brief, haunting, lyrical, Alice Greenway's astonishing first novel revolves around two American girls in Hong Kong in 1967, their photojournalist father too busy in Vietnam to pay much attention and their mother a lost soul. Greenway, the daughter of a foreign corespondent who grew up in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Jerusalem, renders perfectly the backdrop and turmoil of China and the region in the 1960s.
(HKG31, $15.00) |
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Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
• Moss Roberts
LITERATURE •
1980 •
PAPER
• 258 PAGES
• FAMILY
Moss Roberts combed 2,500 years of the Chinese folk tradition for this anthology of one hundred short Chinese tales. Decorated with woodcut illustrations throughout, this is another volume in Pantheon's excellent folklore series.
(CHN146, $16.95) |
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