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The Silk Princess

Princess Hsi-Ling Chi has heard tales of a sleeping dragon and ancient gods in the Holy Mountains beyond her father's palace, in this legend of long-ago China for youngsters 4 to 8. When she sets out from the palace for the first time, however, she is not afraid; she has with her a magical thread unraveled from a tiny cocoon that dropped into the Empress's teacup, and she can follow it back to the palace garden. She is very far from home when she notices that the thread has been broken, and she is lost. Charles Santore, who also illustrated A Stowaway on Noah's Ark, gorgeously depicts China in a mix of traditional and contemporary styles.

A Panda Is Born; Baby Panda's First Year-DVD

This two-part DVD documents the breeding program for the giant pandas on ten-year loan from the China Wildlife Conservation Association to the Smithsonian National Zoo. In the first part we follow the zoo's two pandas, female Mei Xiang and her mate Tian Tian, through two turbulent mating seasons that eventually result in the birth of Tai Shan. Part two chronicles the young cub's first year of life and the maternal instincts of first-time mother Mei Xiang. The film captures all of Tai Shan's major milestones, from nibbling his first bites of bamboo to taking his first dip in the panda house pool. Suitable for preteens to teens.

Twenty Heartbeats

SIMPLE STORY LAYERED WITH MEANING; stunning layered artwork by an acknowledged master.
A wealthy Chinese man dreamt of a painting of his favorite horse. He sought out a man named Homan, known as a great painter of horses and commissioned the portrait. Then he waited?and waited?and waited. As the years passed, his hair grew gray, and he grew furious. What was taking so long? Dennis Haseley?s simple story about the nature of art and the value of time is subtly amplified in stunning layered collages by Caldecott medalist Ed-Young. For reader up to 8.

Baby Journey/Two Novels

Newbery Award Winner Patricia MacLachlan explores the healing powers of language, memory, and love in her acclaimed novels about family ties.

Baby: When 12-year-old Larkin discovers a baby sitting in a basket in her family's driveway, Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home. They know that Sophie's mother will return one day and take her from them. But in time, through poetry and song, they come to love this baby as their own—and to face an unspoken loss in their past.

Journey: Journey is 11 the summer his mother leaves him and his sister with their grandparents. He searches family photographs for clues that will explain why his mother left. In the process, the camera becomes a means of finding things Journey's naked eye has missed—like the inevitability of his mother's departure and the love that still binds his family. Preteens

Tangerines and Tea

PreSchool-Alphabet Book-Grade 1–Alphabetical alliterative rhymes describe the experiences of two children spending time with their grandparents. A farm where we're free to pick fruit off a tree and the songs we sing while we sit on the swing are what these siblings enjoy most with their relatives. Each page includes a pencil-and-oil painting that clearly conveys the happiness that these children feel in the company of their grandparents. Floors, wallpaper prints, quilts, lampshades, crockery, and curtains offer layers of delightful patterns to engage the eye.