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1) Silkworms
Author
Publisher
Lerner
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the domesticated silkworm moth, raised on farms in Japan and elsewhere for the sake of the silk thread out of which its cocoons are constructed.
2) Silkworms
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habits and stages of development of silkworms, as well as how they are raised to produce silk.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In long-ago China, as a young princess prepares to leave her parents' kingdom to travel to far-off Khotan where she is to marry the king, she decides to surreptitiously take with her a precious reminder of home.
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Song Sun likes to talk but never listens. After talking too much to a stranger, Song Sun accidentally gives away the Chinese secret of silk making. Will Song Sun be able to save the secret?
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 10
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Four generations of Chinese and Chinese-American girls, beginning in 1835, are tied together by the tradition of raising silkworms and the legacy of the legendary Weaving Maid.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Author and photographer Richard Sobol investigates the unique Thai silk industry. In one continuous, first-person narrative, beginning with a brief history of silk, Sobol delves into specifics about each stage involved while including information about life in the remote village. The story focuses on the worms that produce the silk: the challenge of keeping them fed, how they make their cocoons, how the village girls keep the cocoons free of "poop,"...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years"--
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