Have you ever seen fabrics designed with clouds, animals, plants, and colorful shapes? These beautiful patterned fabrics are part of Indonesia's cultural heritage!! Join Aren and Kandis as they explore Wastra Market and discover amazing fabrics patterns - from woven fabrics in East Nusa Tenggara to Sparkling songket from Sumatra, and many more! Let's explore all the unique fabrics of Nusant…
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history—a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author. An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern wor…
It's the night of the big Lantern Festival and Kai-lan and her friends are so excited! Ye-Ye shows everyone how to decorate their very own lantern for the festival. But Hoho isn't paying attention and a big gust of wind blows Hoho and his lantern away. But with a little help from YeYe (and Kai-lan too) Hoho is back just in time for the celebration. A perfect story about patience and grandfather…
The author describes her experiences during China's Cultural Revolution, relating how she was "sent down" to the largest work camp in China, where she endured lies and betrayal until she was able to attend Madame Mao's university.
On Indonesian culture and art; collection of articles.
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
A child is sent to find a younger brother at dinnertime and is introduced to a variety of cultures through encountering the many different ways rice is prepared at the different households visited.
The extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to integrate a New Orleans school--now with simple text for young readers!rnrnIn 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history.rnrnThis is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who helped shape our country when she became the first African-American …