By: Huy Voun Lee

Spring has arrived and Xiao Ming can't wait to spend the day in the park with his mother. All around them are signs of the season: insects flying, leaves on the trees, and flowers in bloom.

Young girl holding chopsticks
By: Alan Woo
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Product Description: Poor Maggie struggles to master her chopsticks — it seems nearly everyone around the dinner table has something to say about the "right" way to hold them!

Young man making a crane
By: Molly Bang

"A restaurant owner and his son lose their clientele when a new superhighway bypasses their street. When a poor man comes to them one evening, they gladly serve him a fine meal for pay.

A diverse group of children in a canoe
By: Roseanne Greenfield Thong
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The Chinese-American girl introduced in Round Is a Mooncake (2000) and Red Is a Dragon (2001, both Chronicle) counts her favorite things.

Chuck Close overcame learning disabilities as a child and physical challenges as an adult.
How vision and sketches are translated into remarkable, original, and mind-stretching buildings is presented in a riveting text, liberally illustrated with photographs of the buildings for which Frank Gehry has become famous.
Andy Warhol became well-known as an artist whose impact on pop culture continues to be felt. Many facets of his life and work are introduced in this comprehensive, well researched, and accessible biography.
By: Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
Interviews with a well-known female sculptor provide insight into her work and the times in which she created them. Liberal photographs, many in color, and where the originals can be viewed enhance this sophisticated look.

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