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Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Pub. Date
1968.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
Author
Series
Ping (Demi) volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Incorporated
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When her ailing father is conscripted to fight invaders from the north, Mulan dresses as a man to take his place in the army, but an old enemy and an attraction for her troop's commander complicate her mission.
Author
Publisher
Karadi Tales Company Pvt. Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sion is a fortune-teller who lives in an ancient Chinese kingdom with his son and a beloved horse. When Sion begins to experience a series of unlucky events, he shocks everyone in town by saying that it is a sign of good things to come. Will Sion lose his reputation for being the wisest man in the kingdom, for how could misfortune ever be a blessing? This profound folktale from China, originally retold by Chen Jiafei and illustrated by award-winning...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters and their grandmother celebrate a popular Chinese holiday with family. Their favorite part? Mooncakes, of course--along with Ah-ma's story of the ancient Chinese tale of Hou Yi, a brave young archer, and his wife, Chang'E. A long, long time ago, Hou Yi rescued the earth from the heat of ten suns. The Immortals rewarded him with a magic potion that could let him live in the sky with them forever. But when a thief tries to steal the potion,...
Author
Series
Twisted tale volume 4
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily.
"The 4th installment in the New York Times best-selling A TWISTED TALE series asks: What if Mulan had to travel to the Underworld? When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Winston Chu saves the owner of a curiosities shop from a robbery only to be gifted a broomstick and a dustpan for his trouble--items that turn out to be more a curse than a blessing when they sweep away important stuff, like his baby sister.
"Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Stacey Lee's modern reimagining of a classic Chinese folktale―replete with magic, boba, and lots of trash talking. Twelve-year-old Winston Chu...
12) Disney's Mulan
Publisher
Grolier Enterprises
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
When China is invaded by the Huns, Mulan decides that she must disguise herself as a soldier -- a man -- to fight in place of her ill father, who has been called up for war.
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