Bronze And Sunflower

Author : Cao Wenxuan
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763693688

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Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan Pdf

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 Bronze. Until Sunflower joins his family, Bronze was an only child, too, and hasn’t spoken a word since he was traumatized by a terrible fire. Bronze and Sunflower become inseparable, understanding each other as only the closest friends can. Translated from Mandarin, the story meanders gracefully through the challenges that face the family, creating a timeless story of the trials of poverty and the power of love and loyalty to overcome hardship.

Author : Cao Wenxuan
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781536209990

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Dragonfly Eyes by Cao Wenxuan Pdf

A 2023 Batchelder Honor Book From acclaimed Chinese author Cao Wenxuan, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, comes a compelling family saga spanning fifty years and three generations. Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe it’s because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild. Or maybe it’s because the pair look so much alike and neither resembles the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone seems suspicious of Nainai’s European heritage and interracial marriage. In this time of political upheaval, Ah-Mei and her family suffer much—and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, but will the tender connection they share bring them enough strength to carry through? This multigenerational saga by one of China’s most esteemed children’s authors takes the reader from 1920s France to a ravaged postwar Shanghai and through the convulsions of the Cultural Revolution.

Author : Cao Wenxuan
Publisher : Elsewhere Editions
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780914671855

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Feather by Cao Wenxuan Pdf

A philosophical picture book from one of China's most celebrated children's authors and 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award-winner Cao Wenxuan. A feather is blown across the sky, meeting various birds along the way, and asking each one, "Do I belong to you?". Cao Wenxuan tells the story of a single feather who is swept away on a journey of discovery and belonging. Encountering a variety of birds, from a kingfisher to a magpie, Feather is hopeful of meeting the bird she belongs to. Again and again, she is dismissed or ignored. Only when she sees that there is also beauty in being close to the earth does fate offer a reunion... Feather is sure to charm young children with a plot at once compelling, meditative, and quietly moving. Roger Mello’s stunningly beautiful, dynamic illustrations will delight readers of all ages.

Author : Wenxuan Cao
Publisher : LONG RIVER PRESS
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1592650546

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The Straw House by Wenxuan Cao Pdf

Set in China's Jiangnan area in the early 1960s, The Straw House centers around ordinary village life and follows a young boy named Sang Sang. Within the seemingly simplistic life of everyday China emerge several interwoven, deeply moving stories that bid farewell to the innocence of childhood, and embrace--albeit reluctantly--the responsibilities of adolesence. First published in 1997, The Straw House has been called a landmark work in the history of Chinese children's literature. Recommended for ages 12 and up

Author : Laurence Anholt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0711210500

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Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt Pdf

Camille is the son of the local postman, and the yellow man is a painter called Vincent in this story based on the life of Vincent van Gogh. The book includes several reproductions of Van Gogh's work, including Vase with 14 Sunflowers. Laurence Anholt is the author of The Forgotten Forest.

Author : Martin Bailey
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780711241398

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The Sunflowers Are Mine by Martin Bailey Pdf

This is the story of one of the world’s most iconic images. Martin Bailey explains why Van Gogh painted a series of sunflower still lifes in Provence. He then explores the subsequent adventures of the seven pictures, and their influence on modern art. Through the Sunflowers, we gain fresh insights into Van Gogh’s life and his path to fame. Based on original research, the book is packed with discoveries – throwing new light on the legendary artist.

Author : Sigrid Schmalzer
Publisher : Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780884486008

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Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming by Sigrid Schmalzer Pdf

Winner of The Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Selected for the CCBC Choices 2019 list Children's Literature Freeman Award 2018 A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2019 Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean tells its story through the memories of a farm boy who, inspired by Pu Zhelong, became a scientist himself. The narrator is a composite of people Pu Zhelong influenced in his work. With further context from Melanie Chan’s historically precise watercolors, this story will immerse young readers in Chinese culture, the natural history of insects, and the use of biological controls in farming. Backmatter provides context and background for this lovely, sophisticated picture book about nature, science, and Communist China. “The first time I saw a scientist in my village was also the first time I saw a wasp hatch out of a moth’s egg,” writes the narrator of this picture book about Chinese scientist Pu Zhelong. “In that moment I could not have said which was the more unexpected—or the more miraculous.” In the early 1960s, while Rachel Carson was writing and defending Silent Spring in the U.S., Pu Zhelong was teaching peasants in Mao Zedong’s Communist China how to forgo pesticides and instead use parasitic wasps to control the moths that were decimating crops and contributing to China’s widespread famine. This story told through the memories of a farm boy (a composite of people inspired by Pu Zhelong) will immerse young readers in Chinese culture, the natural history of insects, and sustainable agriculture. Backmatter provides historical context for this lovely, sophisticated picture book. The author, Sigrid Schmalzer, won the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize for 2018 for her book Red Revolution, Green Revolution. This is the most prestigious prize for a book about Chinese history, and the book upon which Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean is based. Fountas & Pinnell Level U

Author : Yanan Meng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1911221329

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival by Yanan Meng Pdf

Mother Bunny prepares a special family dinner for Mid-Autumn Festival. She sets out early in the morning and meets lots of friends along the way: Mother Hedgehog, Mother Squirrel, Little Bee, Uncle Beaver, Mother Duck and her ducklings. Little does she know that Mr Wild Wolf is sneaking after her... (Winner of the 2016 Bronze and Sunflower Picture Book Awards)

Author : Jennifer Wojtowicz,Jen Wojtowicz
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1841486868

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The Boy who Grew Flowers by Jennifer Wojtowicz,Jen Wojtowicz Pdf

Shunned at school because he sprouts flowers every full moon, Rink Bowagon makes a special pair of shoes for a classmate who is able to appreciate his unique abilities.

Author : Yan Lianke
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802193940

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Lenin's Kisses by Yan Lianke Pdf

This “blistering satire” of modern China was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and a New York Times Editor’s Choice novel (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Lenin’s Kisses is set in modern day China, in the village of Liven. Nestled within the Balou Mountains, the people have enough food and leisure to be content—until their crops and livelihood are obliterated by a snowstorm in the middle of summer. Then a county official arrives with a peculiar plan. He wants to use the villagers to start a traveling performance troupe. Next, he’ll take the profits and buy Lenin’s embalmed corpse from Russia and install it in a mausoleum to attract tourism. But the success of the Shuanghuai County Special-Skills Performance Troupe comes at a serious price. Named a finalist for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize, Lenin’s Kisses is “a satirical masterpiece” (Kirkus) that was on Best Book of 2012 lists from the New Yorker, MacLeans, and Kirkus, and was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice.

Author : Ann Morgan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0099584646

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Reading the World by Ann Morgan Pdf

'A brilliant, unlikely book' Spectator How can we celebrate, challenge and change our remarkable world? In 2012, the world arrived in London for the Olympics...and Ann Morgan went out to meet it. She read her way around all the globe's 196 independent countries (plus one extra), sampling one book from every nation. It wasn't easy. Many languages have next to nothing translated into English; there are tiny, tucked-away places where very little is written down; some governments don't like to let works of art escape their borders. Using Morgan's own quest as a starting point, Reading the World explores the vital questions of our time and how reading across borders might just help us answer them. 'Revelatory... While Morgan's research has a daunting range...there is a simple message- reading is a social activity, and we ought to share books across boundaries' Financial Times

Author : Muon Van
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781939547194

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The Little Tree by Muon Van Pdf

A little tree in a forest, threatened by human encroachment, sends its seed away to grow in a place with more promise and then longs for the seed after it is gone. Includes end notes on the author's mother's immigration to the United States from Viet Nam.

Author : N. H. Senzai
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481472180

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Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai Pdf

After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her way to meeting her father at the Turkish border.

Author : Yanan Meng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1911221779

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Sleepy, Sleepy New Year by Yanan Meng Pdf

Bao Bear has never heard of Chinese New Year. He decides to invite the Fox, Mouse, and Bunny families together to learn more about this celebration. However, as the end of autumn nears and Bao Bear gets sleepier, can he stay awake to find out? From the Bronze and Sunflower Picture Book Award-winning author of Happy Mid-Autumn Festival Translated by Izzy Hasson (Winner of the 6th Bai Meigui Translation Competition) With afterword by the Singapore Book Council and the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing (English edition with original Chinese text)

Author : Mary Denning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692202781

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The Sunflower Story by Mary Denning Pdf