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Books to Read - posted from El Cajon, CA
Thank you to everyone below who gave me several of these ideas!!
RAL is my own abbreviation for books that I was able to find a YouTube read aloud version
Lunar New Year by Mary Man-Kong RAL
All about China by Allison Branscome
China by Joyce Markovics RAL
If you were me and lived in ancient China RAL
Tofu takes time by Helen Wu RAL
Dim Sum for Everyone! By Grace Lin RAL
Taiwan by Lisa Owings (grades 3+)
Hey Taipei RAL
Night Market Rescue by Charlotte Cheng RAL (takes place in Taipei, Taiwan)
Love you in Hong Kong RAL
Big cities Little foodies Hong Kong RAL
This is Tet (re: Vietnamese New Year) RAL
My Grandfather's Song RAL (takes place in Vietnam)
Living in India by Chloe Perkins RAL
The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk RAL
Hot, Hot Roti RAL
Sari-Sari Summers RAL
Iran by Klepeis, Alicia Z. (Ebook) Ages 8-10
The one and only Googoosh (takes place before the Iranian revolution, about a superstar) RAL
Mama shamsi at the bazaar RAL
Kazakhstan by Pang, Guek-Cheng (age 10+)
South Korea by Jessica Rudolph (no RAL)
If You were me and lived in South Korea RAL
Johnny and Joshua coming to Korea (South Korea) RAL
Rice from Heaven: The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans
By Tina Chen RAL
T is for Thailand RAL
Mela and the Elephant RAL (Thai)
The Way We Do It In Japan by Geneva Cobb RAL
Ame goes to Japan RAL
Video about Asia - posted from ,
So many great books - posted from Pelham, AL
We read several books set in Asia: Mela and the Elephant, The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk, and Hot, Hot Roti.
Ticket Around the World - posted from Turtle Creek, PA
Another gem of a book we found at the library that was useful for this and the following lessons.
We also enjoyed adding titles from the "If You Were Me and Lived In..." series of books for the next lessons (i.e. South Korea, Kenya, . Describes life in different cultures from a child's perspective and short enough for my child to read out loud.
Book about moving to Asia - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
As a supplemental reading to this lesson, we enjoyed "The Way We Do It In Japan" by Geneva Cobb Iijima, about Gregory, who moves with his parents to Japan. It is a great way to highlight things that a child would find different or surprising in a foreign culture.
Giant Panda - posted from Elkton, MD
Enchanted Learning has a great printable book on the giant panda, which is very helpful with the research questions provided by MBtP. The pdf version is accessible only to site members, but non-members can view the book as webpages.