A 2023 Batchelder Honor BookFrom acclaimed Chinese author Cao Wenxuan, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, comes a compelling family saga spanning fifty years and three generations.Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe it’s because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild. Or maybe it’s because the pair look so much alike and neither resembles the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s ...

A beautifully written, timeless tale by Cao Wenxuan, best-selling Chinese author and 2016 recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.Sunflower is an only child, and when her father is sent to the rural Cadre School, she has to go with him. Her father is an established artist from the city and finds his new life of physical labor and endless meetings exhausting. Sunflower is lonely and longs to play with the local children in the village across the r...

Long ago, the sun grew dim. Only the brave little fire dragon could relight it. But how could a dragon so little take on a challenge so big?

Every year the swallows return to Lila's village. And every year Lila follows them on the ground, wondering what it would be like to join them in the sky. Imagine with Lila how beautiful a bird's-eye view can be!

On the first day of summer, Millie invites a goat from the city park to visit her grandmother in the countryside. They have a wonderful day, but why does the goat insist it must be back in the park before dark?

After the tragic death of Liur’s mother, her father, a thwarted artist working as a doctor in the family hospital, is overcome with grief. He goes to study in America, leaving six-year-old Liur in the care of her grandparents, promising to return with a special doll for her.But instead of studying, her father travels to the Andes, where he meets a mysterious ventriloquist who takes him as a pupil.Five years later, he returns home, bringing with him one of the ventriloquist’...

Mouse and Frog are best friends. They may be different, but they always find ways to make the most ordinary days extraordinary! Join their adventures throughout the seasons as they find the fun in every day.

Meet the book snail, here to show a child longing for excitement that anything is possible through the power of imagination. A world of adventures awaits--you just need to know where to look!

On a wet spring day, a child watches the rain fall, following the drops as they hit the ground. But this is not an ordinary day, and these are not ordinary raindrops-these are rain people, here to bring the world back to life after winter.

Every year the swallows return to Lila's village. And every year Lila follows them on the ground, wondering what it would be like to join them in the sky. Imagine with Lila how beautiful a bird's-eye view can be!

Mouse and Frog are best friends. They may be different, but they always find ways to make the most ordinary days extraordinary! Join their adventures throughout the seasons as they find the fun in every day.

Every year the swallows return to Lila's village. And every year Lila follows them on the ground, wondering what it would be like to join them in the sky. Imagine with Lila how beautiful a bird's-eye view can be!