good books about Asia for low readers

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

For all of the Sp. Ed. teachers in our forum (S.F. Valley, fall 2008), I have come across four wonderful titles that I have ordered. They are listed below for your convenience.

1. Mei Ling In China City by Icy Smith
grades 3-6
ISBN: 978-0-3123-7387-0
A 12 year old girl in Los Angels loses her best friend because she and her family are interned at Manzanar. True story!

2. Minji's Salon by Eunhee Choung
grades preK-3
ISBN: 978-1-9336-0567-8
This book celebrates the power of imagination.

3. Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia by Ted and Betsy Lewin
grades 3-6
ISBN: 978-1-5843-0277-3
It is about a 9 year old boy and his experiences at Naadam, the Mongolian summer festival.

4. A Song For Cambodia by Michelle Lord
grades 3-6
ISBN: 978-1-6006-0139-2
A true story about a boy whose village was invaded by Khmer Rouge soldiers in 1975.

[Edit by="dgoldstein on Jan 29, 2:18:21 PM"][/Edit]

[clay dube]

Thanks, Dottie, for mentioning Icy Smith. I've met her at a conference once. She's an entrepreneur and a children's book author. She'll be speaking at the Japan America National Museum on 2/7:

http://www.janm.org/events/#07

Mei Ling in China City by Icy Smith
events/China_City100.jpg

Through her new children’s book, Mei Ling in China City—a true story of friendship between a Chinese American girl in China City and a Japanese American girl in a concentration camp—author Icy Smith (Sui Bing Tang) will present the history of the Los Angeles’s early Chinatowns, and the Chinese and Japanese American experiences during World War II.

2 pm

[Anonymous]

Icy Smith is a great resource for books in English and other languages also. She is my source for books in English and Farsi, but she also has books in English and other languages. The web site for her publishing company, East-West Discovery Press, is http://www.eastwestdiscovery.com/

Her Los Angeles book is excellent. We use it in our 3rd grade classes since they study L.A. history.
Susan Dubin

[Author]

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