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December 2008 This is a selection of books, both fiction and non-fiction, which are either about various countries in Asia or have characters who come from Asia. The books listed are for both Elementary and Secondary levels. Please take the recommended age levels as a rough guide. Titles newly included in this list are marked with • All prices are in Australian dollars and include 10% GST tax. However this GST does not apply to exports from Australia. If you would like to order any of the books on the list, send the orders to Austral Ed by post, fax or by email. Payment can be made by direct bank transfer or bank cheques in Australian dollars or by Credit card especially for private purchases. Freight is sent by the most economical method within Australia or overseas, depending on urgency. Recommended by Kate Shepherd Picture BooksLin Acacio-Flores The Quarreling Kites illus by Hermes Alegre pb $22.95 This is a story from the Philippines about two kites and the father and son who fly and fix the kites with running repairs. The kites are at first quarrelsome but then love to fly together. (5 – 8 years) Francisco Arcellana Bernard Ashley Dawn Casey The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac illus by Anne Wilson hardback $29.00 A lively retelling of the traditional story of how the calendar years came to be named after animals. There is also information on the Chinese calendar and on the characters of people born in particular animal years. ((6 – 10 years) Debbie Chen • Monkey Boy Defeats Red Boy illus by Wenhai Ma hardback $35.95 One of the exciting adventure stories in the classic Monkey King tradition, this is beautifully illustrated and has English and Chinese text. Other titles in the Adventures of the Monkey King series are Monkey King Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, and Tang Monk Disciples Monkey King. The first book in the series is The Making of Monkey King illus by Robert Kraus. (7 – 10 years) Hyechong Cheung and Prodeepta Das K is for Korea hardback $27.95 A very informative, beautifully photographed alphabet book which gives readers an introduction to the cultural background and everyday life of Korea. Yangsook Choi Shirley Climo Prodeepta Das I is for India pb $15.95 Big Book $37.95 A very informative, beautifully photographed alphabet book which gives readers an introduction to the cultural background and everyday life of India.Geeta's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in an Indian Village pb $15.95 Geeta's day is typical of children in villages throughout India. Vivid photographs and simple text show us Geeta's family, her school, the jobs or crafts of village people and the games she plays. Prita Goes to India pb $15.95 This is the diary of Prita’s trip to India to meet her father and mother’s family. She describes her excitement on visiting the Taj Mahal, New Delhi and her many relatives in villages in Orissa. Excellent photos. (6 – 10 years) Demi The Empty Pot hardback $38.95 pb $18.95 When the Emperor of China gives all the children seeds to grow, Ping is dismayed that his pot is the only empty pot. All the other children have grown beautiful flowers. However the emperor is delighted with Ping because Ping is the only one honest enough to admit that his seed didn’t grow. (5 – 8 years) One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale hardback $44.95 Beautifully illustrated in the style of Indian miniatures, this is the story of a young girl who requests, as a reward for a good deed, just one grain of rice at first and then double the amount of the day before over 30 days. To the greedy Raja’s astonishment, this grows to more than one billion grains of rice which she shares with the hungry people. (5 – 12) Kites pb $16.95 A vibrantly illustrated books about the many different types of kites that are part of a strong kite flying tradition in China (7 - 11 years) Allan Drummond Ina R Friedman pb $14.95 A charming and amusing story of a young girl recounting how her parents, one as a young Japanese school girl and the other a young US sailor, learned to master the difficult art of eating with the utensils of the other culture (chopsticks or knife, fork and spoon). Catherine Gower Libby Hathorn (8 – 12 years) Sally Heinrich The Most Beautiful Lantern hardback $29.00 All the children are to carry a lantern during the parade for the mid-autumn festival and Mei-Ling wants to carry the most beautiful lantern she can find. However she can't make up her mind which is best. As she searches with her grandfather or mother this becomes an opportunity for stories about the festival and the significance of some of the lanterns that she sees. This is a charming story with bright lively illustrations. (6 – 9 years) Minfong Ho Maples in the Mist illustrated by Jean & Mou-sien Tseng hardback $20.95 A beautifully illustrated collection of very short simple poems written for children from the Tang dynasty in China (618 – 907 AD). It includes an introduction and brief notes and the poems in English and Chinese. Minfong Ho and Saphan Ros Jim Holmes and Tom Morgan Huy & Vinh's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Vietnamese City hardback
$27.95 Krach Maywan Shen Kath Lock Junko Morimoto Fran Ng Susan Miho Nunes Shazia Razzak and Prodeepta Das P is for Pakistan hardback $27.95 An informative, beautifully photographed alphabet book which gives readers an introduction to the cultural background and everyday life of Pakistan. Betty Reynolds Allen Say Aaron Shepard Jessica Souhami Sungwan So Yikang's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Chinese City pb $15.95 A simply written description, illustrated with photographs, of an ordinary school day in the life of a seven year old girl in Changxi in northern China. Shanyi Goes to China pb $15.95 This is Shanyi’s diary of her trip back to China. She visits her relatives in Hong Kong and also on nearby mainland China. Interesting text and vivid photographs give us many different impressions of life in China. (6 – 9 years) Amy Tan Holly Thompson • The Wakame Gatherers illustrated by Kazumi Wilds hardback $32.95 Nanami has two grandmothers: Baachan who lives in Japan with Nanami’s family and Gram from Maine in the US. When Gram comes to visit her granddaughter in Japan Nanami is the translator between the two grandmothers who discover they have much in common since they both live near the sea and have a love of sea life and things to do with the sea. They go gathering wakame, a type of seaweed which is dried and then eaten in a variety of recipes (some of these are given at the end of the book). (6 – 10 years) Song Nan Zhang The Great Voyages of Zheng He text by Song Nan Zhang & Hao Yu Zhang illustrated by Song Nan Zhang hardback $36.95 in English and Chinese This book is a beautifully written and illustrated telling of the story of the amazing voyages undertaken by Zheng He during the Ming dynasty in the fifteenth century in China. The illustrations depict vividly the Chinese court, the building of the boats, the journeys and some of the amazing places he visited. The text is informative and well written, keeping to what is known. There is also a detailed map of Zheng He’s voyages. (10 - 15 years)
Collections"Access Asia Anthologies" compiled by Anthony Bott, Lee Grafton,
Carolyn Millar and Doug Trevaskis. These books contain a fascinating selection
of poems, short stories and extracts from a very wide variety of Asian
literature. The activities and questions are designed to prompt discussion
of the ideas and experiences in the texts. Sherab Chodzin and Alexander Kohn, retold by Anita Ganeri Madhur Jaffrey Rena Krasno Kneeling Carabao & Dancing Giants Clebrating Filipino Festivals hardbck $45.00 A similar collection from the Philippines. (9 years up) Kay Lions Malaysian Children’s Favourite Stories illustrated by Martin Loh hardback $26.95 A collection of nine simple stories set in Malaysia which give an insight into Malaysian culture and environment. (8 – 11 years) Michael Rosen South & North, East & West pb $24.95 An entertaining collection of stories from around the world, including Asia, illustrated by a variety of artists. (7 - 13 years)
Rosemarie Somaiah Indian Children’s Favourite Stories illus by Ranjan Somaiah hardback $26.95 This collection is a mixture of classic stories and also folktales. (8 – 11 years) Joan Suyenaga Alice Terada The Magic Crocodile and Other Folktales from Indonesia illustrations by Chrlene K Smoyer hardback $30.95 A beautifully produced and well told collection of 29 tales from Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tengarra and Irian Jaya. Brief Notes at the end of each story give a little background information. (9 - 13 years) Sun Xuegang and Cai Guoyun • Chinese Fairytales illus by Leuyen Pham hardback $24.95 This is an excellent collection of eighteen classic Chinese stories.taken from all over China and spanning centuries of folklore. There are stories about dragons, princesses, kings, wizards and magic. • Also Chinese Myths. These are nineteen classic Chinese myths about gods and warriors, heroes and heroines. (10 – 14 years)
Fiction and AutobiographyLloyd Alexander The Remarkable Adventure of Prince Jen pb $16.95 When Prince Jen sets out to discover the legendary court of T’ien-kuo he discovers much about the suffering and troubles of the people in the kingdom of China. This is a marvellous adventure written with humour and insight. The characters are vivid and Prince Jen learns much through his wanderings. (10 – 15 years) AllanBaillie Janeen Brian • Elephant Mountain illustrated by Sally Rippin pb $12.95 One of the popular Aussie Bites series, this book is set in a village in a rainforest in Thailand. Kasem and Pravat are the sons of mahouts and Kasem is absolutely delighted at the chance to look after a baby elephant who has been injured but the task turns out to be more difficult than he had hoped. (7 – 9 years) Caswell and David Phu An Chiem The Full Story is the companion story. Complex and beautifully constructed, it describes the intense relationship between a Vietnamese Australian writer and his Australian girlfriend and the growing separateness from his father, as the son tries to work out his own way of life in Australia. pb $18.95 (14 years up) Sook Nyul Choi Eleanor Coerr Meindert Dejong Anita Desai Garry Disher Warren Flynn Janine Fraser Sally Heinrich Hungry Ghosts pb $16.00 Sarah has always been impatient with Chinese superstitions and newly arrived from Singapore and trying to fit into the Australian way of life, she has enough to worry about without being haunted by an angry ghost, Pei. But in endeavouring to help Pei and find out more about her story, Sarah finds close friendship with Michael and learns more about her own talents and also Chinese traditions and the history of the Chinese in Australia. (10 – 13 years) Minfong Ho Ji Li Jiang Diana Kidd Li Cunxin Also available as a picture book illustrated by Anne Spudvilas The Peasant Prince hardback $29.95 Kathryn Lomer Adeline Yen Mah Carolyn Marsden Kieren Meehan Michael Morpurgo Lensey Namioka Huynh Quang Nhuong Linda Sue Park When My Name was Keoko pb $15.95 An absorbing and moving account of life in Korea under the Japanese occupation. Set in 1940, Sun-hee and her family are proud of their Korean heritage but are forced to take Japanese names and to learn and speak just Japanese. This is a very well written fictional account of historical events which are not well known. (10 – 15 years) Alice Pung • Unpolished Gem pb $26.95 Alice Pung gives a wonderfully evocative and comic account of her family’s first responses as they arrived in Footscray in Melbourne as immigrants. They were of Chinese background who had lived first in Vietnam and then in Cambodia during very difficult times. This is the story of how her family adapts to their new life in Australia and the story of how their daughter Alice/Agheare grew up in both cultures, the old and the new. It is at times a hilarious account, richly comic in its descriptions but it also gives vivid and heartbreaking descriptions of the family’s previous life in Cambodia and also of the difficulties they encounter in adapting to their new life in Australia. (12 years up) Sally Rippin • Chenxi and the Foreigner pb $19.95 Anna is living in Shanghai eager to learn Chinese painting but she finds there are difficulties in living in a foreign city. When she meets Chengxi, a mysterious young artist she is convinced they are destined to be together but she has much to learn about Chengxi and about China. This is a vivid compelling story. This is a new adapted version of the novel which was originally published in 2003. (14 years up) Gillian Rubinstein Suzanne Fisher Staples Daughter of the Wind pb $16.95 Set in the Cholistan Desert in Pakistan, this is the story of the high-spirited Shabanu and her family and their love for the desert and camels. (Published as Shabanu in the USA.) (11 years up) Ruth Starke • Noodle Pie by Ruth Starke pb $17.00 When Andy and his father make a trip to Vietnam to visit relatives, it is for Andy’s father his first trip back since he escaped from the country in a rusty fishing boat when he was just 15 years old. For Andy who is 11 years old and was born in Australia, it is his first visit to Hanoi and the first time he has met any of his many relatives in Vietnam. The book is written mainly from Andy’s point of view and at first much seems very strange to him. Gradually as Andy comes to understands more about this family, we also understand so much more about Vietnam, its recent history and its people. A marvellous book written with humour and insight. (9 – 12 years) Jeff Stone The Five Ancestors: Tiger pb $16.00 This is the first volume of an exciting martial arts style adventure epic. When Canzhen Temple is destroyed and its warrior monks killed, the grandmaster instructs his five youngest pupils to seek out the secrets of their past. Each of these pupils has a different fighting style hence Tiger is the name of the first book and Monkey, Snake, Crane and Eagle are later titles. They will be very popular among martial arts fans. pb $16.00 each (10 – 14 years) Gabrielle Wang (8 – 10 years) • The Lion Drummer illustrated by Andrew McLean pb $12.95 One of the popular Aussie Bites series. Lulu has a growing passion for playing the drum to accompany the lion dance. Through perseverance she succeeds in having lessons from a master drummer which is quite an achievement because this is normally reserved only for boys. Her enthusiasm and dedication are also rewarded when she is able to play in the Easter dragon parade. This is a lively and entertaining story and also tells us a lot about the traditions of the lion dance and the accompanying lion drumming. (7 - 10 years) Trudy White Carole Wilkinson Wu Ch'engen Throwaway Daughter by Ting-Xing Ye with William Bell pb 15.95 Grace is adopted and now lives in Canada with her parents and older sister Megan. She knows almost nothing about her Chinese background except that she was abandoned as a baby and left at an orphanage. When Grace is sixteen she goes to China for a language course and manages to locate her family and her mother. This is a very moving story giving us a vivid picture of grace growing up in Canada but also of the hardship and tragedy of a family in China and the very different personalities involved. (11 – 17 years)
Non-Fiction• China Land of Dragons and Emperors by Adeline Yen Mah pb $15.95 A very readable introduction to the history of China, from the time just before the Beijing Olympics back 2,200 years to Ancient China. It is attractively presented with many maps, photos, drawings, and paintings giving us a greater understanding of the very different periods of Chinese history. (12 – 16 years) Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China by Suzanne
Williams True Stories from Ancient China series by Zhu Kang Illustrated by Hong Tao and Feng Congying hardback $19.95 each Distinguished Doctors and Miraculous Remedies also pb $11.95 Engineers and Architects also pb $11.95 Fantastic Inventions and Inventors Science and Scientists Told in cartoon format, these stories describe the lives, often from childhood of famous scientists, doctors, architects and inventors and of their inventions and their work. The stories are extremely interesting, the illustrations charming and the stories are told with humour and irony. In addition there are diagrams of many of their inventions, observations and constructions. (9 – 16 years) • Eyewitness Modern China (2007) by Poppy Sebag-Montefiore pb $19.95 Many photos, paintings and illustrations with detailed captions give us a huge range of information about daily life, people and places, and culture and customs in modern China. There is also information about its history. There is a Timeline, Glossary, Index and also a wallchart and clipart CD. (9 – 16 years) Little Nippers Festivals series pb $16.95 World of Festivals pb $19.95 each Carol Stepanchuk Images by Maggie Hegarty pb $21.95 An introduction to a variety of visual and performing arts in a number of Asian countries and the part they play in cultural expression. Chapters on festivals, costumes, symbols, kites and puppets. (9 – 13 years) Sacred Texts series hardback $33.95 The Qu’ran and Islam, The Ramayana and Hinduism, The Guru Granth Sahib and Sikhism and The Tipitaka and Buddhism Discusses how the texts were compiled or written and how people use them as a guide throughout their daily lives and worship. (9 – 13 years) Culture in series
Building History series Indus Valley City pb $17.00 There is very little information for children on the Indus Valley civilisation. This book discusses what is known about this civilisation, why their cities were built near the Indus River, and how these cities were planned and built. Many detailed illustrations. (9 – 13 years) World Art and Culture series History in Art series Usborne Internet-Linked Introduction to Asia by Elizabeth Dalby hardback $34.95 Asia is a vast continent and this book also covers Russia, and Central Asia as well as the Indian subcontinent and East and South East Asia. Obviously this is too vast an area to cover in detail but through excellent and well-chosen photographs and interesting text it does provide an introduction to the huge range of geography landscapes, and to the diverse ways of life of the peoples and cultures of this region. Published in 2005, it contains many pages of detailed maps and also flags and facts about the various countries. ((8 – 11 years) The Changing Face of series pb $25.00 each Letters from Around the World series hardback $34.95 Indonesia: Land, Life and Culture series by Trisha Sertori hardback $31.95 each The People Plants Wildlife • China: Land, Life and Culture series by John and Jackie Tidey hardback $31.95 each Arts and Culture History and Government Land and Climate People and Cities Plants Wildlife Published in 2008, this series has a similar format to the one above on Indonesia. It also includes short personal accounts adding to the factual information on this vast and varied country. Also for upper Elementary and Middle school. Countries of South-East Asia series by Andrew Einspruch and Robert Gott hardback $29.95 each. Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and Brunei, Myanmar, The Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam • Living in Australia series (2008) hardback $29.95 Chinese Australians hardback $29.95 The book describes the history of Chinese Immigration to Australia and how many Chinese follow Chinese traditions as they live, work and go the school. The book gives information about China today. There is a map of China and also a traditional Chinese story and a Glossary and an Index. (10 – 13 years) Also Vietnamese Australians in the same series. Story of Migration to Australia series hardback $32.95 • From Asia (2008) by Nicholas Brasch This is a very informative book describing the waves of immigration from various countries in Asia from early settlement days during the Gold Rush in the 1850s to later acceptance of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and still later Chinese students after the Tiananmen Square massacre and more recently skilled migrants from India. There are very interesting graphs providing statistical information on migration patterns, and other maps, photographs, illustrations and a timeline of migration from Asia to Australia. (11 – 14 years) Rivers through Time series hardback $37.50 The Really Big Food Project by Emma Barnard and Thomas Cho, with help from Sally Rippin hardback $39.95 This excellent new title is a large book written in the form of a special project on rice which school students, Emma and Thomas worked on together as a project. They decided to look at how people eat rice in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. In their description of the many different types of rice and its uses, they use Fact Bites, photos, illustrations and either a recipe or a traditional story about some aspect of rice in each country. The book demonstrates for students how a project can be set out and the use of a variety of research methods including interviews, Internet, email and books. There is also a large map of the region. An extremely useful resource. (8 – 14 years) The Really Big Beliefs Project by Emma Barnard and Thomas Cho with help from Meredith Costain hardback 39.95 This time Emma and Thomas decide to do a project on beliefs and work out the best way is to interview lots of people. Their descriptions of these interviews are fascinating and give descriptions of the way their religion affects the daily lives of people who are Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish, Shinto and Taoist. They also interview the school cleaner who is secular. They also go to a number of ceremonies. Both Tom and Emma write project Diaries in which they give their thoughts and questions as a result of their interviews and visits. They are surprised by the many similarities of the various religions. This again is an extremely useful resource demonstrating as it does a variety of research methods. (9 – 15 years) Snapshots of Asia by Sue Ledger and Richard Ledger $179.95 nett for the whole pack This is a very special pack. These 5 Big Books make a wide range of information on China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Vietnam much more accessible. Each country is introduced through a family and stories of daily life and fact files on environment, school, getting about etc help capture various physical and cultural aspects of life in each country. Bright coloured photos are contrasted with appealing cartoon style drawings and each book also contains a map, a board game, shopping lists, a cooking recipe and instructions. The books aim to help develop literacy while introducing Asian content. For the lower and middle primary classroom, it would also be very effective with ESL students. The Big Book Thailand used to be included in this pack but it now can only be purchased individually. $44.95 each Three extra Big Book titles India, Malaysia and Philippines have now been published in the Snapshots of Asia series. This pack contains three Big Books and a Teachers’ Guide $105.00 All the Big Books of China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam and also India, Malaysia and Philippines can also be purchased individually $44.95 each. Snapshots of Asia Teachers’ Guide pb $32.95 The teachers’ guide contains additional information, classroom activities and blackline masters.Images of Asia series $49.95 each big card set Inside King Sejong's Gate - Our Time in Korea by Laura and Alex with helpfrom Geoff Ainsworth and Julia Fraser pb $21.95 A detailed account of Laura and Alex's trip to Korea with their year 6 class mates. They describe their stay with a Korean family, the school they attend and sightseeing trips. Exploring Korea is the accompanying teacher resource which enables the story to be extended into comprehensive units of work. pb $32.95 Access Asia Series Secondary teaching and learning units pb $34.65 These books provide practical ideas for activities for teachers who wish to introduce the studies of Asia into the classroom. Each book covers a variety of topics. Key into Indonesia by Sally Heinrich pb $39.95 This very useful teacher resource has background information on a wide range of topics about Indonesia as well as detailed suggestions for activities which will allow students to discover more about Indonesian geography, culture, environment, traditions and language. (Elementary and Middle) Key into Japan and Key into China also by Sally Heinrich are similar combining factual information and helpful activity ideas. pb $38.95 Indonesian Kaleidoscope by Helen Agostino and Kathy Kiting pb $42.95 A teacher resource which provides activities, factual information, traditional stories and resource sheets for the Indonesian regions of Irian Jaya, Bali, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Java and Sumatra. (Access Asia series) (Middle and upper primary) Go Philippines! CD-ROM $49.95 This CD-ROM aims to enable children to explore the geography, history and cultures of the people of the Philippines through interactive landscapes, fact files, quizzes etc on this CD-ROM. (9 – 12 years) Go Indonesia! Has an interactive CD-ROM and a teachers' resource book $59.95 Asia Counts Primary: Numeracy and Studies of Asia pb $34.95 and also Asia Counts Secondary: Numeracy and Studies of Asia pb $34.95 each by Jan Kiernan and Howard Reeves This is a unique concept in that it contains a wide ranging selection of units of work for teachers that can be used to improve students' numeracy skills while enhancing their understanding of Asian countries and ways of life. There are lesson plans, student work sheets and extension activities. Inspirations: Art Ideas for Primary and Middle Years
by Ann MacArthur pack $59.95 Videos and DVDs Families of the World series: available in DVD or VHS (PAL or NTSC) $65.00 each There are DVDs and videos on the following countries - China, India, Japan, Korea and Thailand, I have only viewed the video on China which, like all the other videos, has two separate segments on the lives of two children and their families. In this video on China, we are introduced to the daily life of the children at home with their families and also at school from the time they wake up in the morning till they go to bed at night. The children are delightful and describe their activities, the food they eat, where they live and their families and schools. There are many interesting insights into their lives. The little boy takes rice in a metal container to school and then all the children add water and this is cooked slowly at the school over a hot stove so that all the rice will be ready at the same time at lunchtime. The girl is older (9 years old) and her school is much larger. All the children salute as they enter the schoolyard. There are 58 students in her class and the whole class performs daily exercises. There is much to discuss and children will be able to compare their lives with those of these children from many different countries and cultures. Running time is approx 30 minutes. There is also a Teacher’s Guide for each country. These contain the script and additional information on each country and also ideas for discussion. pb $9.95 each (6 - 10 years) A Child’s Eye View of Festivals 1. Chinese New Year, Divali, Eid-ul-Fitr and Hanukkah video $59.95, DVD $79.95 2. Easter, Vaisakhi, Wesak and Christmas video $59.95, DVD $79.95 For each festival we follow the celebrations both with the family and at school of a young child. Ian is 5 years old and shows with delight the presents he receives for Chinese New Year, the celebrations with his family at home and also when they go out to see the festivities in Chinatown. The next day we see the activities that the school has organised, including writing Chinese characters and storytelling and a song about Chinese New Year. The same format is followed for each of the festivals. The series is set in the United Kingdom and the children and their families seem to come mainly from Manchester or Leicester. This series is an excellent introduction to a variety of festivals for 3 to six year olds. A booklet containing background notes, stories, songs and activities is also included with the video. The overall running time is approx 55 minutes and each new festival has its own beginning. (3 - 6 years) Land of the Dragon: A Documentary of China DVD $55.00 With a young woman Liu Hui Ping as a guide, we are introduced to many different aspects of China. We see both modern and older parts of Beijing and learn a little of the history of China as we visit the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China. We are also shown the southern province of Anhui as well as the Yangtze River and the Yellow Mountains. The narration is mainly in English but Liu Hui Ping also speaks in Mandarin with English sub-titles. We are introduced to many Chinese fruits and vegetables and Liu Hui Ping gives their Chinese names. She also takes us to visit her family. The DVD is recent, 2006. Running time is 30 minutes. (7 years up) One day in Ping Wei: A Documentary of China DVD $55.00 This DVD follows a day in the life of a young Chinese girl, Liu Yen Twin, in a rural village in China. It shows her at school and at home with friends and family and as she does her chores and her homework. Running time is 30 minutes (7 years up) New Year in Ping Wei : A Documentary of China DVD $55.00 Here we follow the same girl Liu Yen Twin and her family as they celebrate Chinese new Year or the Spring festival. It shows the cleaning and decoration of the house, the preparation and eating of the food at the family reunion dinner and also the symbolic burning of paper money and fireworks. Running time 30 minutes. (7 years up)
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