The Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

The Animals of the Chinese Zodiac
Author: Susan Whitfield
Publisher: Crocodile Books
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1999-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781566563291

Introduces the Chinese zodiac and relates how each of its twelve signs was named for an animal. Explains the qualities associated with each animal and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.

The Year of the Dragon

The Year of the Dragon
Author: Oliver Chin
Publisher: Immedium
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2011-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1597020281

Dominic the dragon befriends a boy named Bo as well as the other eleven animals of the Chinese lunar calendar and helps them enter the annual village boat race. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Dragon.

The Animals of Chinese New Year / 中国农历新年动物生肖 Read-Along

The Animals of Chinese New Year / 中国农历新年动物生肖 Read-Along
Author: Jen Sookfong Lee
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459820231

Drawing on the myth of the Chinese zodiac, The Animals of Chinese New Year follows twelve animals as they speed across a river, competing to represent the imminent new year in a race held by the Jade Emperor, the most powerful Chinese god. Each animal competes in its own unique way. The ox works hard, the tiger is brave, the dog smiles kindly, but who will win? Bright photographs of babies demonstrating the same traits as the animals in the text, complemented by traditional Chinese graphic elements, accompany Sookfong Lee's lively text. This bilingual book includes full text in both Simplified Chinese.

At Home

At Home
Author: Victor Dias de Oliveira Santos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2019-11-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781951817008

LPB Around the Home - English/Southern Vietnamese. In this colorful and vivid book, children will learn the name and pronunciation of 38 common objects around the home in both English and Southern Vietnamese. Audio pronunciation by a native speaker of each language is available right from the book for each word, making this a great book especially for parents who may not speak the language themselves but would like their children to learn good pronunciation. Simply scan the QR code with the free Linguacious app to hear the word. This children's Vietnamese book with additional translations and audio in English as well can help kids develop early language skills in both Vietnamese and English by playing games with the book to practice reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

12 Lucky Animals: A Bilingual Baby Book

12 Lucky Animals: A Bilingual Baby Book
Author: Vickie Lee
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2018-12-31
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250239036

From the creative team of Ruby's Chinese New Year, Chinese medicine practitioner Vickie Lee and illustrator Joey Chou--the visual development artist of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse--present this bilingual baby picture book introducing Chinese characters through the animals of the Chinese zodiac. The adventure loving Dragon, the carefree Horse, and the artistic Goat are just three of the 12 Lucky Animals to be found in the Chinese zodiac, rendered here in bright illustrations. Use the wheel on the back cover to help little readers discover who their lucky animal is and how to pronounce its name in Chinese and English.

The Race for the Chinese Zodiac

The Race for the Chinese Zodiac
Author: Gabrielle Wang
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763667781

Featuring sumptuous illustrations based on Chinese painting techniques, a lively retelling of the mythological animal race that led to the 12 signs in the Chinese Zodiac traces the proclamation of the Jade Emperor and the respective efforts of 13 animals.

Mao's Bestiary

Mao's Bestiary
Author: Liz P. Y. Chee
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2021-03-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1478021357

Controversy over the medicinal uses of wild animals in China has erupted around the ethics and efficacy of animal-based drugs, the devastating effect of animal farming on wildlife conservation, and the propensity of these practices to foster zoonotic diseases. In Mao's Bestiary, Liz P. Y. Chee traces the history of the use of medicinal animals in modern China. While animal parts and tissue have been used in Chinese medicine for centuries, Chee demonstrates that the early Communist state expanded and systematized their production and use to compensate for drug shortages, generate foreign investment in high-end animal medicines, and facilitate an ideological shift toward legitimating folk medicines. Among other topics, Chee investigates the craze for chicken blood therapy during the Cultural Revolution, the origins of deer antler farming under Mao and bear bile farming under Deng, and the crucial influence of the Soviet Union and North Korea on Chinese zootherapies. In the process, Chee shows Chinese medicine to be a realm of change rather than a timeless tradition, a hopeful conclusion given current efforts to reform its use of animals.

The 12 Chinese Animals

The 12 Chinese Animals
Author: Zhongxian Wu
Publisher: Singing Dragon
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0857010158

* Silver Medal Winner in the 2010 BOTYA Awards Body, Mind and Spirit Category * The Chinese horoscope holds the key to a better understanding of self and others, and to living a life of harmony. Not just the year of birth, but also the month, day and hour have significance in true Chinese astrology. Master Zhongxian Wu explains how to find your power animal symbols, and how to learn from their wisdom. By fully understanding what each animal signifies, and how they relate to the major hexagrams of the Yijing, he shows that they can help you to find inner peace and live in harmony with family, friends, the wider community, and with nature. Using the wisdom of the twelve animal symbols as a guide, you will learn how to better understand your personality, and make choices that profoundly influence your health, relationships, career, and finances, allowing you to live up to your greatest potential. Making the wisdom of the twelve Chinese animals accessible to the Western reader for the first time in its relationship with the Yijing, this book will be an illuminating read for anyone interested in understanding themselves and their life patterns better, Chinese astrology, and the Yijing.

First 100 Animals Lift-the-Flap

First 100 Animals Lift-the-Flap
Author: Roger Priddy
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0312517521

New in the bestselling First 100 series, a lift-the-flap animals book