Roseanne Thong, Author, Elisa Kleven, Illustrator , illus. by Elisa Kleven. Chronicle $16.99 (36p) ISBN 978-0-8118-5716-1
“The many ways to make a wish wherever home may be” come in for lighthearted yet respectful exploration in this attractive square-format book. Thong (Red Is a Dragon
) entices readers with consistently well-rhymed verses (“We puff...
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Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illus. by Meilo So. Scholastic/Orchard, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-52167-3
Mei’s grandfather Tu is a master noodle maker, and his noodles are not just for eating. They can be anything, from jump ropes to kite strings. When he says it’s Mei’s turn to make magic noodles for the emperor’s birthday, she’s baffled. “Magic must...
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Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illus. by Sara Palacios. Viking, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-01634-1
Latin American holiday traditions and a host of Spanish words spark this zippy recast of Clement C. Moore’s Christmas poem. A girl invites readers into her family’s preparations for a boisterous Christmas Eve, a feast with all the favorite trimmings,
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Roseanne Thong, Author, Chronicle Books, Author, Grace Lin, Illustrator Chronicle Books $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2676-1
Debut author Thong cleverly uses a concept book to celebrate Chinese culture. ""Round is a mooncake/ Round is the moon/ Round are the lanterns/ outside my room,"" explains the unnamed young heroine as she takes the reader on a tour of her...
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Roseanne Thong, Author, Eujin Kim Neilan, Illustrator , illus. by Eujin Kim Neilan. Boyds Mills $17.95 (28p) ISBN 978-1-59078-550-8
“Fly free, fly free, in the sky so blue. When you do a good deed, it will come back to you!” sing the Vietnamese characters in Thong’s (Wish
) story, as each does something to help the next. Mai wants to release a cageful of birds...
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Roseanne Thong, Author, Grace Lin, Illustrator Chronicle Books $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8118-3177-2
The gentle primer Red Is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong, illus. by Grace Lin, does for colors what their Round Is a Mooncake did for shapes, in a felicitous meeting between East and West. The girl who narrated the previous book here serves as tour...
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Roseanne Thong, Author, Grace Lin, Illustrator Chronicle Books $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8118-3772-9
One Is a Drummer: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong, illus. by Grace Lin, is the pair's third concept book celebrating elements of Chinese culture. This rhyming counting book spans one to 10, showing four friends playing mahjong and eight ""Chin
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Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illus. by John Parra. Chronicle, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4521-0616-8
A girl discovers that shapes are everywhere in this companion to Round Is a Mooncake. Spanish vocabulary words are sprinkled throughout rhyming, reader-directed verse: “Stone metates inside our casa/ help us grind our corn to masa./ Rectangles are...
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Roseanne Thong, Author, Sam Williams, Illustrator , illus. by Sam Williams. Holt $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7609-7
In this paean to tender childhood moments, a diminutive girl is first seen in a pose of quiet restfulness, her chubby tummy peeking out from beneath her shirt. “Once there was a tummy girl.../ A full-of-warm-milk yummy girl,” writes...
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Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illus. by John Parra. Chronicle, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4521-5584-5
In this festive counting book, a companion to Round Is a Tortilla and Green Is a Chile Pepper, children take part in casual activities and attend joyful celebrations within their Spanish-speaking community. Parra’s paintings feature clear-cut, folk...
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