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Américains d'origine chinoise Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Américains d'origine latino-américaine Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse Chinese Americans Chinese Americans Fiction Chinese Americans Juvenile fiction Chinese characters Hispanic Americans Hispanic Americans Fiction Hispanic Americans Juvenile fiction Mystery and detective storiesLi, Jason
Summary: Even though their dates of origin are millennia apart, the languages of Chinese and emoji share similarities that the average smartphone user might find surprising. These "hanmoji" parallels offer an exciting new way to learn Chinese--and a fascinating window into the evolution of Chinese Han characters. Packed with fun illustrations and engaging descriptions, The Hanmoji Handbook brings to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MITeen Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 495.11 LITsu, Jing
Summary: "After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire, with literacy reserved for the elite few. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's greatest and most daunting challenge was a linguistic one. Just as important as China's technological and industrial advances and political maneuvers was the century-long...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.11 TSURowley, Michael
Summary: Japanese written characters, or kanji, have their origin in a picture-language developed in ancient China. Over time this language evolved into stylized abstract forms that are hard to memorize. In "Kanji Pict-o-graphix", Michael Rowley offers a whole new set of contemporary visual and textual memory aids -- mnemonics -- that reveal the meanings of over 1,000 Japanese kanji. -- From publisher's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Bridge Press 1992
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD JAPANESE ROWWieger, Léon
Contents: Introductory [sic] -- Etymological lessons -- Index of all the usual groups -- Appendix: Old graphies [sic] -- List of the 858 phonetics -- Phonetic series -- Lexicon by order of sounds : the Wade system -- Lexicon by order of radicals -- List of difficult characters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paragon Book Reprint 1965
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1 WIEAria, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1 ARILee, Huy Voun.
Summary: Xiao Ming shows the new Chinese characters he has learned to write to his friends during a visit to a farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEEBrown, Waka Takahashi
Summary: When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she cannot understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRONiemann, Christoph.
Summary: When Lin's beloved pet dragon disappears, she searches for him far and wide until a witch helps her to reach the dragon's new home. Introduces a different Chinese character on each step of Lin's adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NIENiemann, Christoph.
Summary: When Lin's beloved pet dragon disappears, she searches for him far and wide until a witch helps her to reach the dragon's new home. Introduces a different Chinese character on each step of Lin's adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE NieHargreaves, Adam
Summary: "Little Miss Neat is having a Chinese New Year party with traditional decorations, a New Year's Eve feast, and the next day there will even be a dragon dance. What could possibly go wrong?!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2020
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Summary: Provides over one thousand entries for terms in English and Chinese, with all Chinese words written in both Chinese characters and pinyin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ingram Pub Services 2011
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J CHINESE 495.1 MANAmery, Heather
Summary: One thousand Chinese words in simplified Chinese characters and pinyin accompanied by an illustration and as part of a larger central picture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J CHINESE 495.1 AMEGoldstein, Peggy
Summary: Explains how Chinese writing developed and demonstrates how to write seventy-five Chinese characters, using detailed instructions and examples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PACIV 0000
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J CHINESE 495.11 GOLSummary: When learning any language-especially one as different from English as Chinese is-it's always good to start with the basics. From "Hello" and "Goodbye" to "Happy holiday!" and the best ways to identify one's self by name, this program introduces beginning Chinese speakers to practical vocabulary and phrasing techniques. Cultural topics include: how Chinese children learn to speak and write...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Lee, Vickie
Summary: "Using the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, this bright and appealing board book introduces the youngest of readers to the names of animals in both English and Chinese, using Chinese characters alongside their pinyin (romanized spelling)."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Ho, Jannie
Summary: "Happy Chinese New Year! The zodiac animals are ready to celebrate Chinese New Year with traditions and a big feast! Little ones can count to twelve as each animal prepares for the holiday- Rat cleaned away the bad luck in one big sweep! Ox shopped for two new outfits. Tiger brought three kinds of flowers. Includes numbers written in Chinese characters and their pronunciation"--Publisher's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HO (BOARD)Liu, Na
Summary: A young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LIUManushkin, Fran
Summary: "It's Katie's mom's birthday! Katie surprises her with a fancy box of chocolates, but the sweet surprise is ruined when the candy goes missing. Pedro and Katie work together to track down the thief. Will they get the birthday chocolate back?--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR PURPLE MANManushkin, Fran
Summary: When Pedro's favorite stuffie, Milo the Moose, goes missing at the fair, Katie and Pedro retrace their steps in order to solve the mystery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JBR PURPLE MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANManushkin, Fran
Summary: A frowning scarecrow at Aunt Carmen's farm frightens Katie until Pedro reveals that it is not haunted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANManushkin, Fran
Summary: Katie's peanut butter and jelly sandwich is missing, so she must figure out which of her classmates ate it--and what she should do about lunch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE MANYee, Sennah
Summary: A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021