Asia
- China : The Culture (The Lands, Peoples, and the Cultures Series)
- Grade 3-5-- At first glance, these offerings look spectacular, with superb, unusual, well-chosen color photos that make one positively salivate for the text. Closer inspection, however, destroys first impressions. The overuse of exclamation points to pepper the text leaves one with a bad taste of condescension.
- China: The Culture (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)
- Grade 3-5-- At first glance, these offerings look spectacular, with superb, unusual, well-chosen color photos that make one positively salivate for the text. Closer inspection, however, destroys first impressions. The overuse of exclamation points to pepper the text leaves one with a bad taste of condescension.
- Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
- From 14-year-old castaway to honored samurai, Manjiro Nakahama (1827-1898), the first Japanese person to come to the United States, had more adventures than the hero of many a swashbuckler. With insight and flair, Rhoda Blumberg relays Manjiro's life story in Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy.
- China the Culture (Lands, Peoples, & Cultures)
- Grade 3-5-- At first glance, these offerings look spectacular, with superb, unusual, well-chosen color photos that make one positively salivate for the text. Closer inspection, however, destroys first impressions. The overuse of exclamation points to pepper the text leaves one with a bad taste of condescension.
- India the Land (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)
- Taken from Chapter 5: A country of villages Community living An Indian village is a close-knit community. The homes are usually clustered together around a village square. From here the farmers walk to their fields every day and the fishermen head out to catch fish in nearby waters. Most village families have lived in the same village for countless generations.
- Kampung Boy
- Malaysian comics creator Lat makes his American debut with this down-to-earth account of childhood in a Southeast Asian kampung, or village. His black-and-white text resembles a chronological sketchbook, with stilt-houses and jungle plants inked on each page, and handwritten text explaining events and customs.
- The Young Chef's Chinese Cookbook (I'm the Chef!)
- Grade 4 Up-These delightful cookbooks are a feast for the eye and the palate. Each offers 15 easy recipes representative of the featured cuisine, ranging from appetizers to main dishes, soups, side dishes, and desserts. The emphasis is on fun and the large, colorful photographs that are liberally splashed across each spread depict children enthusiastically engaged in preparing delectable dishes.
