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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin · 282 pages
In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her
The Emperor and the Kite
Jane Yolen · 31 pages
Princess Djeow Seow, youngest and smallest daughter of the Emperor, is not thought very much by her family, though it is her that rescue her father when he is captured and imprisoned in high tower.
Day of the Dragon King
Mary Pope Osborne · 75 pages
The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China where they must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King.
The Wild Swans
Hans Christian Andersen · 40 pages
In this newly illustrated edition of the Andersen classic, eleven brothers who have been turned into swans by their evil stepmother are saved by their beautiful sister.
The Dragon Republic Deluxe Collector's Edition
R. F. KUANG
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface comes an all-new, fully illustrated, hardcover Deluxe Collector's Edition of R. F. Kuang's The Dragon Republic, with a full-wrap illustrated jacket and black-and-white interior art by JungShan Chang throughout, plus embossed case, designed endpapers, and stenciled edges! Considered one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books o
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
Julie C. Dao · 373 pages
Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised to her by her cruel aunt, the witch Guma, who has read the cards and seen glimmers of Xifeng's majestic fu
Two of Everything
Lily Toy Hong
A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot that doubles or duplicates whatever is placed inside it, but his efforts to make himself wealthy lead to unexpected complications.
The Five Chinese Brothers
Claire Huchet Bishop · 58 pages
Five brothers who look just alike outwit the executioner by using their extraordinary individual qualities.
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Ed Young · 32 pages
Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim · 454 pages
Ruby's Wish
Shirin Yim Bridges · 36 pages
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
Eight Skilled Gentlemen
Barry Hughart · 255 pages
The Third Wheel
Jeff Kinney · 224 pages
Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Ro
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Peter Christen Asbjornsen · 32 pages
Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Pu Songling · 608 pages
The strange tales of Pu Songling are exquisite minatures regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems.
Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team
Audrey Vernick · 39 pages
Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
The Funny Little Woman
Arlene Mosel · 40 pages
The story is set in "Old Japan." The title character likes to laugh ("Tee-he-he-he") and make rice dumplings.
Hurricane
David Wiesner · 32 pages
The morning after a hurricane, two brothers find an uprooted tree which becomes a magical place, transporting them on adventures limited only by their imaginations.
The Talking Eggs
Robert D. San Souci · 32 pages
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
The Foggy, Foggy Forest
Nick Sharratt · 32 pages
Dragon Keeper
Carole Wilkinson · 339 pages
set in China in 141 B.C. In a remote western palace, Ping, a slave girl of unknown origin, serves the emperor's Dragon Keeper, an incompetent drunkard who neglects the two last-known dragons in his charge. When one of them dies and an evil hunter threatens to kill the other for his magical body parts, the old dragon, Danzi, escapes with the girl. He entrusts Ping with his precious and beautiful pu
Little Red Writing
Joan Holub · 36 pages
Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.