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National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Classroom Materials Descriptions
Look What Came from China $6.95 – Lower Elementary
By Miles Harvey. A look at the amazing things that originated in China, such as the compass, fireworks,
kites, dominoes, calligraphy, silk, sunglasses, and pasta.
Mei-Mei Loves the Morning $15.95 – Lower Elementary
Written by Margaret Holloway Tsubakiyama and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu.
The story of a little girl and her grandfather on a bright morning in urban China. Together they go to the
park, look at birdcages, play games, practice taiqi (tai-ch’i), and drink tea with friends.
Monkey: A Journey to the West [ABRIDGED] $14.95 – High School
Retold by David Kherdian. This popular Asian folk novel is part spiritual journey and part historical epic.
Originally written in the 16 th century, it is the story of the trickster Monkey as he travels to India in search
of sacred scriptures and the characters he meets on the journey. The tale is described as an allegory of
the struggle that must occur before spiritual transformation is possible.
The Moon Lady $7.99 – Lower Elementary
By Amy Tan. The story of seven-year-old Ying Yang’s adventures at the Moon Festival.
Mr. China’s Son: A Village Life $35.00 – Upper Secondary
He Liyi's story is set mainly in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan, but it shows how changes in the
world's largest country filtered through the life of one village and of an observant but never bitter patriot.
Son of a Kuomintang policeman who was executed, he endured five years of socialist reeducation in a
labor camp before returning home in 1962. Trying to create a new life, he accepts his lot as a peasant
and marries a virtuous local woman who does not fear poverty.
Son of the Revolution $15.00
By Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro. This is the biography of a young man growing up in the turbulence of
China from the late 1950s through the 1970s.
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry $23.95 – High school
By Wu-Chi Liu, Irving Yucheng Lo (editor). An anthology of over one thousand Chinese poems in
translation.
Tales of a Chinese Grandmother $13.95 – Ages 9-12
Written by Frances Carpenter. Stories of Chinese folklore told by an aged grandmother to her
grandchildren. Reading level grade six and up, but can be read to younger students.
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break $6.50 – Ages 11-14
Written by Lensey Namioka. In 1911, China is experiencing dramatic cultural and political changes. And
in the home of young Ailin, a quieter but equally impacting revolution is taking place--a war against
tradition. Ailin enjoys a privileged childhood, but as a girl, she is denied what she wants most: a voice in
her future. Women are expected to be seen and not heard, skilled in domestic arts rather than educated,
and to bind their feet--all to ensure a good marriage. Ailin rebels, but freedom comes with a price.
To the Storm: The Odyssey of a Revolutionary Chinese Woman $22.95
By Yue Daiyun and Carolyn Wakeman. The autobiography of a young woman intellectual, Yue Daiyun,
who lived through the Maoist years. Covers a range of political movements over a period of twenty years.
At the center of the account is the negative effects of these events on her family.
Waiting $13.95
By Ha Jin. Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife. Like a fairy tale, Ha
Jin's masterful novel of love and politics begins with a formula--and like a fairy tale, Waiting uses its slight,
deceptively simple framework to encompass a wide range of truths about the human heart. Lin Kong is a
Chinese army doctor trapped in an arranged marriage that embarrasses and repels him. Nevertheless,
he's content with his tidy military life, at least until he falls in love with Manna, a nurse at his hospital.
Regulations forbid an army officer to divorce without his wife's consent--until 18 years have passed, that
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