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Summary: "A child's first introduction to the lunar year and its twelve zodiac animals..."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: "Happy Chinese New Year! The zodiac animals are ready to celebrate Chinese New Year with traditions and a big feast! Little ones can count to twelve as each animal prepares for the holiday- Rat cleaned away the bad luck in one big sweep! Ox shopped for two new outfits. Tiger brought three kinds of flowers. Includes numbers written in Chinese characters and their pronunciation"--Publisher's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HO (BOARD)Tsong, Jing Jing
Summary: "Between homework, studying, and Chinese school, Měi Yīng's summer is shaping up to be a boring one. Her only bright spots are practice with her soccer team, the Divas, and the time spent with her năi nai, who is visiting from Taiwan. Although Měi Yīng's Mandarin isn't the best and Năi Nai doesn't speak English, they find other ways to connect, like cooking guōtiē together and doing tai chi in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TSOSummary: Some of the included authors are already familiar to readers in the West (Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang, both Hugo winners); some are publishing in English for the first time. Because of the growing interest in newer SFF from China, virtually every story here was first published in Chinese in the 2010s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROYee, Sennah
Summary: A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG YEERowling, J. K.
Summary: Chinese translation of the third Harry Potter book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ren min wen xue chu ban she 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1 FIC ROWKim, Derek Kirk.
Summary: Presents three short stories in graphic novel format involving the blurred line between fantasy and reality, including an office assistant who falls for an e-mail scam, and a young knight whose life is not what it seems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pan Macmillan 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 YANLee, Wendy.
Summary: In a powerful novel that captures the struggle of the immigrant experience, Wendy Lee explores one family’s hidden history and unspoken hurts, and the universal themes of identity, family, and finding a place to call home. After his father's death, Michael Tang finds a letter sent to his dad from a long-ago friend in China. Without a word to his mother or sister, he decides to make the long...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lee 2015Lin, Grace
Summary: This exuberant story follows a Chinese American family as they prepare for the Lunar New Year. Each member of the family lends a hand as they sweep out the dust of the old year, hang decorations, and make dumplings. Then it's time to put on new clothes and celebrate with family and friends. There will be fireworks and lion dancers, shining lanterns, and a great, long dragon parade to help bring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG LINRowling, J. K.
Summary: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ren min wen xue chu ban she 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1 FIC ROWRowling, J. K.
Summary: Chinese translation of the first Harry Potter book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ren min wen xue chu ban she 2000
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Summary: Steven explores the effect of meditation on the brain, using hard science to explain the benefits of a practice that was once thought of as purely spiritual. The result is a highly accessible, scientifically questioning guide to meditation, designed to open the practice to a broader audience. A mix of fascinating science, inspiring anecdote and practical exercises, this accessible book offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tree 2021
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Summary: Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ren min wen xue chu ban she 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1 FIC ROWTakaya, Natsuki
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyopop 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAK Bk18Dundee, Wayne D.
Summary: "The dying request of an old friend sends former Indian scout Lone McGantry on a perilous journey from the barren Nebraska Sandhills to the ragged, snowy peaks of the Colorado Rockies. Danger dogs his trail right from the start, beginning with a pack of vengeful brothers out for his blood. Along the way, Lone crosses paths with a gang of ruthless robbers and also learns that a bounty placed on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: "The largest and most comprehensive edition of our foremost Asian American writer: three classic books and additional writings, many rare, that together offer a vivid and searching portrait of immigrant experience and American dreams"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 KINShang, Wendy Wan Long
Summary: Presents a song set to the tune of "The wheels on the bus," where a multigenerational family enjoys a culturally rich meal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SHAWang, Jen
Summary: Growing up in the same Chinese-American suburb, perfectionist Christine and artistic, confident, impulsive Moon become unlikely best friends, whose friendship is tested by jealousy, social expectations, and illness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC WANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC WAN (graphic novel)Tan, Amy.
Summary: Novel which includes a series of comic misunderstandings and heart-breaking realizations about luck, loss and trust, about the things a mother cannot tell her daughter--and the miraculous resiliency of love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dove Audio 1991
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 TANTan, Amy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 TANCoerr, Eleanor.
Summary: In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1993
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE COEYim, Natasha
Summary: "Join Ling and her family as they celebrate 15 days of Lunar New Year--a time full of careful preparations, delicious food, lanterns, fireworks, and dragon dancing."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Words & Pictures, an imprint of The Quarto Group