Yangsook Choi
1) The name jar
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be." --
2) New Cat
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly after coming to America, Mr. Kim, owner of a tofu factory in the Bronx, gets a fluffy silver cat that makes her home in his factory and one night saves it from burning down.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kimin, a young Korean-American boy, has trouble deciding on a Halloween costume, but as he looks through an old trunk of his grandfather's things, he suddenly unlocks a childhood mystery.
4) Peach heaven
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Korean town where Yangsook lives is famous for wonderful peaches, but one year a heavy rainstorm threatens the crop. Based on the author's childhood in South Korea The white peaches grown in Puchon are the best in all South Korea, and a rare treat for a little girl who lives in the town. She dreams of a peach orchard where she can play and eat as much of the delicious fruit as she wishes. Then one day, after weeks of heavy downpours, the sky begins...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From their origins as wrapping cloths made with leftover scraps of fabric to their recognition today as fine works of textile art, bojagi--the traditional art of Korean patchwork quilting--is a wonderfully versatile mode of expression that can transform an entire room or wardrobe. In this book, master bojagi instructor Choi Yangsook teaches you the step-by-step techniques of assembling bits of lightweight fabric by means of invisible seams to create...
9) Landed
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After leaving his village in southeastern China, twelve-year-old Sun is held at Angel Island, San Francisco, before being released to join his father, a merchant living in the area. Includes historical notes.
11) Rice is life
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations demonstrate the importance of rice to life on the island of Bali in the country of Indonesia, where rice is consumed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
12) Earthquake
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Chinese-American girl and her family move their belongings from their home in Chinatown to the safety of Golden Gate Park during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
Author
Publisher
TanTan Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Yujin is spending the day at her grandmother's house. She is busy, and there are many fun things to explore! But from dawn to dusk, she things about-and misses her mama at home. The day seems long, until she's home...and happy again in her mother's arms." --