LESSONS.PH   |   Web Mag Central   |   Cover  
personality    short story    poetry    travel and leisure    activities    events   
Book Reviews
Lion Dancer
By Katie Waters and Madeline Slovenz-Low
Photographs by Martha Cooper
Ernie Wan will perform his first Lion Dance at New York City's Chinese New Year. Follow Ernie as he prepares for the most important day of his life!



Fu-Dog

By Rummer Godden
Illustrated by Valerie Littlewood
Li-la and her brother Malcolm are a quarter Chinese and know almost nothing about this heritage. Every year though, Li-la's Great Uncle sends her a gift, all of which are Chinese. This year, it is a magical Fu-Dog, of green satin and only four inches long that takes them on a memorable adventure of discovery.



Tikki Tikki Tembo

Retold by Arlene Mosel
Illustrated by Blair Lent
In long,long ago China, "it was the custom of all the fathers and mothers in China to give their first and honored sons great long names". In the mountains of China, there lived a mother who had two sons. The first she named Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo which meant "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world!" Her second son, she named only Chang which meant "little or nothing". One day, as the two brothers played with their kites, Tikki tikki tembo fell into a well. Will Chang find help in time?


Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
Written and Illustrated by Arnold Lobel
Ming Lo and his wife lived in a little house at the bottom of a mountain. Ming Lo's wife loved their house but not the mountain. So she ordered her husband Ming Lo to move the mountain. Ming Lo knew he could do no such thing and went to the Wise Man for advice. What sort of advice will the Wise Man give and will it allow Ming Lo to move the mountain?


Other Authors you may want to read:

Laurence Yap
Allen Say

All the above books are available at Young Minds at Glorietta 2, Ayala Center, Makati City and at 5L, EDSA Shangri-la Mall, Mandaluyong City

TOP | COVER | LESSONS.PH  
Short Story Poetry
Personality Activities
Travel and Leisure Authors Book Reviews
Lessons.ph © 2001