People & Places - Asia
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Sari-Sari Summers
$18.99 Read moreIn this love letter to the Philippines (and to grandmothers), a young girl comes up with a brilliantly delicious way to attract customers after a heat wave leaves her lola’s store empty.
Nora loves s- Author: Bontigao, Lynnor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1536226149
- Language: English
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Sold (National Book Award Finalist)
$12.99 Add to cartThe powerful, poignant, bestselling National Book Award finalist gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength to triumph.
Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old gir- Author: McCormick, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0786851724
- Language: English
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My Grandfather’s Song
$18.99 Add to cartA stunning picture book about a family’s connection to their land, their home, and each other–from the creators of My First Day.
Long ago, Grandfather came to a new land. Fish swam in the water, bird- Author: Quang, Phùng Nguyên
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 059348861X
- Language: English
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Lolo’s Sari-Sari Store
$19.99 Add to cartA little girl holds lessons learned in her grandfather’s sari-sari store close while adjusting to a new home in this sweet picture book about the joy of community, connection, and Filipino culture.
Fo- Author: Lee, Sophia N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1534494472
- Language: English
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Thirst
$8.99 Add to cartThis New York Times Bestseller features a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.
Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few- Author: Bajaj, Varsha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593354419
- Language: English
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I Want to Be Spaghetti!
$19.99 Add to cartA funny debut picture book about how one little ramen packet finds self-love and belonging in a spaghetti-obsessed world.
Even from Ramen’s small shelf in the supermarket, they see spaghetti propagand- Author: Wright-Ruiz, Kiera
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593529871
- Language: English
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Laolao’s Dumplings
$18.99 Add to cartMillie loves to help LaoLao cook, especially her favorite dish. Dumplings! They gather fresh ingredients from Chinatown. Chives from Auntie Lim, shrimp from Uncle Lee, and juicy, fragrant lychees that
- Author: Liu, Dane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1250778190
- Language: English
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How Do You Live?
$9.99 Add to cartAs featured in the Oscar-nominated Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron: the coming-of-age novel How Do You Live? is a Japanese classic that become a New York Times bestseller, now with an introd
- Author: Yoshino, Genzaburo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 164375307X
- Language: English
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A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India
$9.99 Add to cartIn this book inspired by the author’s hometown of Chennai, India, a girl explores the vibrant rainbow of delights in a southern Indian street market as she searches for a gift for her amma (mother). E… [more below]
- Author: Sriram, Meera
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1646860624
- Language: English
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Night Market Rescue
$18.99 Add to cartA stray dog stumbles upon the gift of friendship — and maybe even the promise of home — while wandering the delight-filled night market in Taipei.
While resting on a stoop, Gogo smells something swe- Author: Cheng, Charlotte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0593531728
- Language: English
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One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
$17.98 Add to cartKing Shahryar kills a new wife every night, because he is afraid she will stop loving him. But his new bride Shahrazad has a clever plan to save herself. Her nightly stories–of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali… [more below]
- Series: Oxford Story Collections
- Author: McCaughrean, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 06 2000
- ISBN10: 0192750135
- Language: English
