Popular Asian Messages.CHILDREN'S_LITERATURE_GENRE Books
Find messages.children's_literature_genre books written by authors from Asia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (24)
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Anno's Math Games by Mitsumasa Anno EN
JapanDescription:
Through lively pictures and intriguing puzzles and games, Anno takes young children on a fun-filled journey through basic mathematical concepts, showing how skills are used every day. Full color.
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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson EN
ChinaDescription:
Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class, but when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. Even though she runs faster than him, Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay - she's clever and funny and not a bit soppy. And it is Leslie who invents Terabithia, the secret country on an island across the creek where he can escape his troublesome family.The only way to reach Terabithia is by rope-swing where Jess and Leslie become King and Queen, defeating giants, sharing stories and dreams, and plotting against their enemies. They are invinci... continue
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Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan EN
Description:
A beautifully written, timeless tale by Cao Wenxuan, best-selling Chinese author and 2016 recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. Sunflower is an only child, and when her father is sent to the rural Cadre School, she has to go with him. Her father is an established artist from the city and finds his new life of physical labor and endless meetings exhausting. Sunflower is lonely and longs to play with the local children in the village across the river. When her father tragically drowns, Sunflower is taken in by the poorest family in the village, a family with a son named Bro... continue
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Hallo How Are You? by Shigeo Watanabe, Yasuo Ōtomo EN
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A small bear has just learnt the proper way to greet people and wants to practise it. Unfortunately, the flowers, birds and cat can't give the correct answer, and the postman, milkman and newspaperman are all too busy. All is well however, when the little bear's father appears and makes everything right by knowing just how to answer.
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Hamra and the Jungle of Memories by Hanna Alkaf EN
MalaysiaDescription:
A Malaysian spin on Little Red Riding Hood from the critically acclaimed author of The Girl and the Ghost, Hanna Alkaf.
Courage is the strongest magic there is.
On Hamra's thirteenth birthday, she receives nothing but endless nagging and yet another errand to run in the Langkawi jungle that looms behind her home.
No one has remembered her special day.
And so, stifled and angry, Hamra ignores something she shouldn't: the rules of the jungle.
Always ask permission before you enter. Hamra walks boldly in.
Never take what isn't yours. Hamra finds the most perfect j... continue
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Lailah's Lunchbox : A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi EN
Country: Asia / 
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Description:
*2019 Daybreak Children's Picture Book Award -- Recognizing Muslim Women's Contributions to Literature* *Notable Social Studies Trade Book For Young People 2016, a cooperative Project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council* *Featured Book of the Month, Anti-Defamation League* *American Library Association Notable Book for Children 2016* * Skipping Stones Honor 2016* *International Literacy Association Choices Reading List* Lailah is in a new school in a new country, thousands of miles from her old home, and missing her old friends. When Ramadan be... continue
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Little Pear, the Story of a Little Chinese Boy by Eleanor Frances Lattimore EN
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The adventures of Little Pear, a mischievous five-year-old boy living in China in the early 1900s.
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YemenDescription:
Das Mädchen Tuha lebt in Kairo. Zur Familie gehört, wie in Ägypten gar nicht unüblich, auch ein Affe. Tuha hat ihm dem Namen Maimun gegeben, das bedeutet «glücklicher Affe». Die beiden sind unzertrennlich und auch meist mit dabei, wenn der Vater als Gaukler auf den Strassen der Stadt aufspielt. Die Zuschauer bleiben stehen und applaudieren. Und doch sind die Münzen am Ende des Tages spärlich und reichen kaum, um das tägliche Brot zu kaufen.
Tuha sieht die Sorgenfalten auf der Stirn des Vaters. Er will doch nicht etwa Maimun weggeben? Bald darauf kommt d... continue
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My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang, Huynh Kim Lien EN
VietnamDescription:
A visually stunning story of resilience and determination by an award-winning new author-illustrator team. This is no ordinary first journey. The raining season has come to the Mekong Delta, and An, a young Vietnamese boy, sets out alone in a wooden boat wearing a little backpack and armed only with a single oar. On the way, he is confronted by giant crested waves, heavy rainfall and an eerie forests where fear takes hold of him. Although daunted by the dark unknown, An realizes that he is not alone and continues to paddle. He knows it will all be worth it when he reaches his destination.
