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Category Archives: Books
Let’s Go Guang! reviewed in Booklist
Aha!Chinese just earned bragging rights! Booklist, the review journal of the American Library Association, gave our Mandarin language DVD for kids, “Let’s Go Guang! Volume I: Meet Guang, the Chinese Dragon,” a glowing review. Booklist called the DVD, along with … Continue reading
Chinese Author Feature: Li Miao Lovett
Li Miao Lovett‘s debut novel, In the Lap of the Gods, tells what happens when the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest on the Yangtze River, uproots villagers as their homes and histories become submerged. The story follows a poor … Continue reading
Dreaming in Chinese with Deborah Fallows
Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language is the title of a 2010 memoir by Deborah Fallows, an American who went with her husband to live in China for three years. Fallows has a Ph.D. in linguistics, … Continue reading
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Tagged All Things Considered, DANWEI, Deborah Fallows, Dreaming in Chinese, Mandarin language
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Kid Lit: books about Chinese New Year
If you’re a teacher or parent who wants to share the magic of Chinese New Year through literature, consider reading these delightful illustrated books. Click on any selection below for further description or purchase. Sam and the Lucky Money by … Continue reading
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Tagged aha!Chinese, children's books on Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year
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Kid Lit Review: The Ugly Vegetables
In The Ugly Vegetables, written and illustrated by Grace Lin, a young girl plants a garden with her mother. While their neighbors’ gardens bloom with pretty “poppies and peonies and petunias,” the girl’s garden is full of vegetables that grow … Continue reading
Beyond The Joy Luck Club
Most American readers are familiar with Amy Tan’s 1989 best-selling novel, The Joy Luck Club. If you haven’t read the book, you’ve probably seen the ’93 film adaptation of Tan’s screenplay. The story juxtaposes the contemporary lives of four Chinese … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Tan, Chinese female authors, Chinese literature, Eileen Chang, Renditions, The Joy Luck Club, Wang Anyi, Xi Xi
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A Writer’s Workshop: China’s Southwest Himalayas
If you’re a writer interested in travel to China, you may want to join this retreat designed to help writers refine their skills. The 11-day stay in Yunnan Province will combine focused workshops with local excursions and cultural encounters in … Continue reading