Grace Lin
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In the Chinese Year of the Rat, a young Taiwanese American girl faces many challenges: her best friend moves to California and a new boy comes to her school, she must find the courage to forge ahead with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, and she must learn to find the beauty in change.
12) Circle! sphere!
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Manny, Olivia, and Mei are blowing bubbles. They all have different shaped wands, and they wonder what shape their bubbles will be. They discover that the bubble will always be a circle no matter what shape their wand is.
13) What will fit?
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Olivia is visiting the farmers' market, and she is searching for the right object to fill her basket. Studying items of different shapes and sizes, Olivia finds the perfect thing to buy using her spatial reasoning skills.
14) Up to my knees!
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Mei learns about measurements when she plants a sunflower and watches it grow taller and taller. At first, it's only as tall as her toe, but soon it's up to knees, waist, and shoulders. She starts to wonder how tall it will grow.
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The Newbery Honor-winning author and illustrator of Year of the Rat and Dim Sum for Everyone presents When the Sea Turned to Silver, a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. A companion to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, this exquisitely written and illustrated novel blends fantasy and Chinese folklore for a fast-paced adventure steeped in legend. In conversation with Kat Yeh (The Truth About Twinkie Pie). With a reading by Annie Q. (The Leftovers)....
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"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...