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Asian Food Double Bill – Dim Sum for Everyone and Bee-bim Bop!

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Mrs.N

Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park With a great rhythm and rhyme Bee-Bim Bop takes a family from grocery store to table for a delicious Korean meal.  This books sends a positive message about kids being involved with the preparation of food and … Continue reading →

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Love is the Higher Law

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Mrs.N

Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan Today is the 11th anniversary of September 11. Is there a better word than anniversary to mark tragic events?  Anniversary seems too upbeat. This Patriot Day I am thinking of all of … Continue reading →

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When I Was Your Age, Volume 2 (Part 2)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Mrs.N

When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up Friends, if you’ll recall, I reviewed HALF of the stories in this anthology last week – click here. The rest of the volume is reviewed below.  The second … Continue reading →

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The Lost Garden

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Mrs.N

The Lost Garden by Laurence Yep (1991) Yep is a serious and driven narrator.  The story of his life is relentless in the details.  Just as you are absorbing one story or part of his life he is moving on … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Prank that Stank

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Mrs.N

The Case of the Prank that Stank #1 (Wright & Wong) by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz Agatha befriended Orville in the second grade because she couldn’t stand how Orville was getting bullied. Five years later, in an ironic … Continue reading →

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Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Mrs.N

Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs by Lensey Namioka This is the final installment in the series about the Yang family. Eldest Brother may be the most talented member of the family string quartet but when his violin needs … Continue reading →

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Revolution is Not a Dinner Party

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Mrs.N

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine This book was recommended to me by commenter Ali B. and was reviewed on her blog Literary Lunchbox recently. The daughter of two highly respected doctors, Ling is doted on … Continue reading →

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Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Mrs.N

Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers by Lensey Namioka This is the third book in the Yang series. Of all the Yangs, Second Sister is having the hardest time with the move to America.  In China she had lots … Continue reading →

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Mrs.N

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Minli and her parents live in the shadow of the Fruitless Mountain.  Their village is poor and they work hard for the little rice they have.  Minli’s father fills her head … Continue reading →

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Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Mrs.N

Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family by Lensey Namioka This is the second book in the Yang series. It is hard coming moving to a new country and Yang the Third does a wonderful job of showing cultural differences.  … Continue reading →

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