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Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month with these recommended titles by, for and about Asian Americans.
All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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Let's Go to School with Mei Mei
(Mei Mei and Me, c2005)
Shelf Number: J495.1824/L6494l/VIDEO/DISC
Mei Mei visits a school in China, joining young children in an entertaining display of life and language in the classroom, and teaches children words and phrases associated with education. |
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Lon Po Po
Young, Ed (Weston Woods, c2006)
Shelf Number: EASY/YOU/COMPACT/DISC
In this Chinese version of the classic fairy tale, a mother leaves her three children home alone while she goes to visit their grandmother. When the children are visited by a wolf, pretending to be their Po Po, or granny, they let him in the house, but ultimately are not fooled by his deep voice and hairy face. Combining ancient Chinese panel art techniques with a contemporary palette of watercolors and pastels, this powerful story provides lessons about strangers, trust and courage. |
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Street Children in Mongolia
(Showtime ; RCN Entertainment. Zenger Media, c2003)
Shelf Number: 362.5/ST9151s/VIDEO/DISC
Host, Richard Gere narrates this heartbreaking story of the daily struggles and hopes of homeless children living on the streets of Mongolia. Additional titles in the “What's going on?” series tackle the problems of the homeless in America, child soldiers and refugees in Africa, child labor in South America, and other compelling human rights crises in the world. |
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