Priority:(I'd like to have it.) Price: $6.95 Description: Hardcover ($20) preferred, but okay with paperback.
Great photographs and descriptions of how people prepare for and celebrate Chinese New Year. It's a lovely introduction and a nice way to teach her about a holiday much celebrated by Chinese around the world. I hope that it can help me to form a link for her to our Chinese ancestry, esp. after we move away from LA. :) Tags:books, culture
Priority:(I'd like to have it.) Price: $12.50 Description: There are two hard-cover printings of this book. I'd like to get the larger edition for her (12.5" x 9.5").
In this tale Peter has set out in the forest to find berries for his mother's birthday gift, but where are the berries? Fortunately, the mouse-sized King of Blueberry Land arrives, taps Peter on his toe, shrinks him down to his size, and takes him on a magical adventure picking berries, harnessing mice, sailing in slips of bark, and chirping with crickets. Tags:books
Priority:(I'd like to have it.) Price: $6.99 Description: A classic, gentle tale good for a winter night. The tomten is a little gnome-like creature who takes care of a farm & its animals at night in the Swedish countryside. It's a sweet & calming tale perfect for bedtime. We borrowed it from the library and really liked it. It has a serenity and peace as calm as a winter's night after the snow has fallen. Tags:books
Priority:(I'd like to have it.) Price: $10.85 Description: Children are never too young to begin exploring the many different cultures that make up our beautiful world.
Through a young boy’s eyes, we visit children from far away places–fly kites in Japan, swing through the jungles of Costa Rica, play the didgeridoo in Australia…. Marty Husted’s vivid watercolors flow perfectly with Jane Hoffelt’s thoughtful poem, helping us feel the depth of our global connections."
-- We saw this book in a gift shop and loved the wonderful message and the way that it shows children around the world. Tags:books
Priority:(I'd like to have it.) Price: $11.67 Description: Another lovely tale by beloved children's author, Elsa Beskow. Woody & Little Pip go on an adventure through the forest, riding on leaves blowing in the wind, They run into many creatures in the forest including gnomes, a lizard and a troll. Tags:books
Priority:(I kinda want it.) Price: $11.02 Description: A beautiful story about an 800 year old tree who hears bulldozers coming and worries about who will house the owls, etc. We see how this one tree fits into the interconnectedness of nature. - We saw this book in a gift shop recently and loved the illustrations & story. Tags:books
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