age ~50
from Cranford, NJ
Da Wei and his father were poor tenant farmers whose landlord, the local Magistrate, was a hard, greedy man. Da Wei's father had only one thing to leave Da Wei when he died -- a large rock taken from the ocean, given to him by a lonely old fisherman with the promise that one day, a light would shine...
Author
Margaret Chang, Raymond Chang
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry
ISBN #
0689818351
EAN Code
9780689818356
ISBN #
4
Ten-year-old Celia is messy and disorganized, so her father builds her a robot to turn her life around. High-tech Robot is part nanny, part housekeeper, and all friend, but Celia worries that Dad build Robot because he and Mom are too busy to take care of her. Then Robot goes missing, and Celia wond...
Author
Margaret Chang
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
211
Publisher
Holiday House
ISBN #
0823421813
EAN Code
9780823421817
ISBN #
3
"This pleasant, unpretentious account [is] a small stream leading to the ocean of the culture of China."—Scientific American Not a how-to text, this beguiling book is instead a fascinating look at Chinese language and culture. Ranging through history, literature, folklore, linguistics, and sociology...
Author
Raymond Chang, Margaret Scrogin Chang
Binding
Paperback
Pages
208
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN #
0393321878
EAN Code
9780393321876
ISBN #
1
A cautionary tale from ancient China--full of contemporary appeal. A greedy, selfish farmer gets up comeuppance at the August Moon Festival, when the kindly beggar priest whom he has slighted performs a magic trick that makes the farmer a laughingstock of the village. Full color.
Author
Margaret Chang, Raymond Chang
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry
ISBN #
0689813406
EAN Code
9780689813405
ISBN #
5
During the final days of the Japanese occupation of China, Shao-shao celebrates his tenth birthday, observes traditional holidays with his family, and befriends the daughter of a traitor.
Author
Margaret Chang
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
198
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry
ISBN #
0689505035
EAN Code
9780689505034
ISBN #
2
In order to save his family, a Chinese boy turns into a fighting cricket and becomes the emperor's champion.
Author
Margaret Chang, Raymond Chang
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry
ISBN #
0689506058
EAN Code
9780689506055
ISBN #
8
This book shows how Chinese calligraphy reveals the deeper meanings - mysterious or playful - found in the names of taijiquan movements.
Author
Jane Schorre
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Arts of China Seminars
ISBN #
0965771601
EAN Code
9780965771603
ISBN #
7
Author
Raymond and Chang, Margaret Scrogin Chang
Binding
Paperback
Pages
1
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN #
0393300617
EAN Code
9780393300611
ISBN #
6