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Crouching Tiger by Ying Chang Compestine
Category: Picture Books
A Chinese-American boy gains a new understanding of his Chinese grandfather in this celebratory story of family, martial arts, and the Chinese New Year. Vinson is very excited when his grandfather comes from China for a visit. When Grandpa practices tai chi in the garden, Vinson asks to learn, hoping it ...Show more
Crouching Tiger by Ying Chang Compestine; Yan Nascimbene (Illustrator)
Category: Children's
A Chinese-American boy gains a new understanding of his Chinese grandfather in this celebratory story of family, martial arts, and the Chinese New Year. Vinson is very excited when his grandfather comes from China for a visit. When Grandpa practices tai chi in the garden, Vinson asks to learn, hopin ...Show more
Dragon Noodle Party by Ying Chang Compestine
Category: Picture Books
Join the animals of the zodiac as they make noodles for a party in this festive book from an award-winning author and food editor. It's almost time for the party! One-by-one all the animals of the zodiac go up the hill, each one carrying an ingredient. Horse trots up the hill with a big wok. Goat st ...Show more
Dragon Noodle Party - A Story of the Chinese Zodiac Animals by Ying Chang Compestine; Paula Pang (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Join the animals of the zodiac as they make noodles for a party in this festive book from an award-winning author and food editor. It's almost time for the party! One-by-one all the animals of the zodiac go up the hill, each one carrying an ingredient. Horse trots up the hill with a big wok. Goat strol ...Show more
Morning Sun in Wuhan by Ying Chang Compestine
Category: Fiction
What was the pandemic of the century like at the start? This swift, gripping novel captures not only the uncertainty and panic when COVID first emerged in Wuhan, but also how a community banded together. Weaving in the tastes and sounds of the historic city, Wuhan's comforting and distinctive cuisine c ...Show more
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
Category: Middle Readers
"The summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China."Nine-year-old Ling has a very happy life. Her parents are both dedicated surgeons at the best hospital in Wuhan, and her father teaches her English as they listen to Voice of America every evening on the radio. But ...Show more
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
Category: Children's
The summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China. Ling lives a comfortable life with her parents in Wuhan. But when Comrade Li, one of Mao's political officers, moves into a room in their apartment, things begin to change for the worse. Ling's secure, happy world g ...Show more
The Runaway Rice Cake by Ying Chang Compestine; Tungwai Chau (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
It's the Chinese New Year, and the Chang Family has only enough rice flour to make one ni n-g o, a special New Year's rice cake, for the entire family to eat. But this delicious little ni n-g o has other ideas. Ai yo I don't think so it cries, coming to life and escaping. Ming, Cong, little Da and th ...Show more
The Runaway Wok : A Chinese New Year Tale by Ying Chang Compestine
Category: Children's
When a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they'll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family's house with a "skippity-hoppity-ho!" and returns from the rich man's home with a feast in tow! With spirited text and lively il ...Show more
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