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National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) Classroom Materials Descriptions Literature The following titles can all be ordered online from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com. You are also welcome to purchase them from other online booksellers and/or at a local bookstore. China: Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution $27.95 An autobiographical account of a young man from a provincial town in North China who was caught up in the excitement and struggles of the Cultural Revolution. As a teenager boarding at the top local high school, Gao found himself pulled in opposite directions. Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies $16.00 – Ages 9-12 A collection of Chinese fairy tales. Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes $7.99 – Elementary A collection of nursery rhymes translated from Chinese; including rhymes on lady bugs, kites, and bumps on the head. In both English and Chinese. Count Your Way Through China $5.95 – Elementary Uses the teaching of the Chinese numbers one to ten to introduce diverse aspects of Chinese culture. Dragon of the Lost Sea $6.99 – Elementary Written by Lawrence Yep. A story about a dragon princess and a boy, both homeless and alone in the world. The Chinese princess has a mission to recover a magic pebble and the boy wants to help her. An ALA Notable book. Dragon’s Village, The $13.95 By Yuan-Tsung Chen. An autobiography of a city girl who took part in land reform in a remote mountain village as a teenager. The protagonist chooses to remain in China after the Communists assume power in 1949, while her family and fiancé flee for Hong Kong. Her patriotism and dedication to the ideals of the revolution are tested as she finds herself a young urban woman alone in a remote village. Family $8.95 – Middle School to Secondary Written by Ba Jin (Pa Chin). This classic 1931 Chinese novel is the first part of Ba Jin’s autobiographical trilogy, Turbulent Stream, and deals with the May 4th movement. It was extremely influential in China, where many young people, dissatisfied with the injustices of their society, saw this book as an expression of their rejection of old “feudal” ways. This translation reads smoothly, yet keeps the Chinese flavor of the original. Centered around the struggle of the young protagonists to create a new type of life for themselves, the book imparts a vast amount of information about this time of great cultural change, while keeping the interest of the reader. Homesick: My Own Story $6.99 – Ages 9-12 Written by Jean Fritz, an American who was born and spent her first 12 years in China. This autobiographical story is full of rich descriptions of life in pre-communist China and the cultural conflicts of a girl caught between two cultures. I Once Was a Monkey – Stories Buddha Told $17.00 – Elementary Retold and illustrated by Jeanne M. Lee. A young monkey, caught in a storm, runs into other animals hiding in a cave. A statue of Buddha tells them six stories called Jatakas, or birth stories, that illustrate Buddha’s teachings, such as compassion, tolerance, honesty, and endurance. Legend of Mu Lan: A Heroine of Ancient China $7.95 – Elementary Written and illustrated by Wei Jiang and Cheng A. Jiang. Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China $6.99 – Lower Elementary Illustrated and translated by Ed Young. Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf disguised as their grandmother. A Caldecott Award winner. 10
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 11
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