How does classical art relate to contemporary children? By recognizing that there are universal ways to convey emotion through body language and facial expressions.
Fly Free!
By: Roseanne Greenfield Thong
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Product description: "Fly free, fly free, in the sky so blue, When you do a good deed, it will come back to you." Mai loves feeding the caged birds near the temple but dreams that one day she'll see them fly free.

A Jar of Dreams
By: Yoshiko Uchida

"I never thought one small lady from Japan could make such a big difference in my life, but she did." So begins Rinko's story about the time that Aunt Waka came to visit.

By: Sun Yung Shin
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Cooper, a young Korean-American, is part of two worlds, but he feels that he doesn't belong in either. He is particularly ashamed when Mr. Lee speaks to him in Korean and he can't understand or respond.

Chinese railroad workers
By: Yin
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In the mid-1800s, two brothers come from China to America to help build the Central Pacific railroad, enduring great hardship, danger, and discrimination.

In the Snow
By: Huy Voun Lee

Xiao Ming and his mother are spending a winter day in the forest, and the snow is the perfect place to draw characters for words such as "tree" and "sparkling." Xiao Ming's mother helps him see the picture within each character — a trick sure to appeal

Girl running on a pier
By: Frederick Lipp
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Sophy longs with all of her heart to attend school, but it is too far away to walk without running shoes. When a kind stranger sends her a pair of shoes, Sophy doesn't waste any time running all 8 kilometers straight to the school.

Young boy with a khim
By: Michelle Lord
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In his Cambodian village, Arn's home was filled with music and laughter. But when the Khmer Rouge arrived, Arn's world was turned upside down and he never saw his family again.

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