Ed Young
4) White Fang
Author
Language
English
Description
THE SAVAGERY OF THE WILD He was three quarters wolf and all fury. Born in a cave, in famine, in the frozen arctic. Born in a world where the weak died without mercy, where only the swift, the strong, the cunning saw each dawn. It was White Fang's world--until he and his mother were captured by the man-gods. THE CRUELTY OF MAN But men and their dogs taught White Fang to hate. He was beaten, abused, attacked. He was bought, sold, tortured, trained...
8) Mighty Moby
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
A bedtime story of a whale hunt inspired by the classic tale of the hunt for Moby Dick, here with a new twist. Deep in the dark ocean, Mighty Moby lurks. Up above the ocean waves, a one-legged captain pursues the whale he clashed with long ago.
10) Night visitors
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Retelling of a Chinese folktale in which a young scholar learns respect for all forms of life when he becomes part of an ant colony in a dream.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
"In Ed Young's childhood home in Shanghai, all was not as it seemed: a rocking chair became a horse; a roof became a roller rink; an empty swimming pool became a place for riding scooters and bikes. The house his father built transformed as needed into a place to play hide-and-seek, to eat bamboo shoots, and to be safe. For outside the home's walls, China was at war. Soon the house held not only Ed and his four siblings but also friends, relatives,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
Español
Description
Siete ratones ciegos de siete colores tratan de identificar a un elefante. Cada uno toca una parte distinta del elefante. No pueden ponerse de acuerdo sobre la identidad del animal hasta que uno de ellos lo recorre de un lado a otro, de arriba a abajo y de una punta a la otra.
Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as...
14) Hook
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A chick hatched by hens turns out to be an eaglet who must get help from a boy in learning how to fly.
15) Nighttime Ninja
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Late at night, when all is quiet and everyone is asleep, a ninja creeps silently through the house in search of treasure."--
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
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Description
This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.
17) Wabi Sabi
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
19) Tsunami!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
20) Moon bear
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, get their name from the white moon-shaped blaze on their chests. Sadly, there are more moon bears in captivity than in the wild, as the animals are being farmed for their commercially valuable bile. This text pays tribute to the endangered species.
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