kung fu

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to kung fu.

"Frustrated with his parents and royal responsibilities, Crown Prince Roastpork 'Porky' Bao runs away from the Imperial Palace. He chooses to hide with Xiajiao and Shaomai, two young street peddlers he had befriended earlier, who also happen to be students at the School of Steam Kung, a once great Dim Sum Warrior institution that is now the butt of jokes thanks to the mismanagement of its present principal, Master Phoenix Claw. When Porky is finally located by his parents' ostensible aides, Colonel Quickynoodle and the Fried Kung Academy, he learns that they are actually part of a secret plot to usurp the throne. But can a doughy dweeb like him do anything to stop it?"--Back cover.

"The Dim Sum Warriors have defended the Xiaochi Empire for generations and the very mention of their name makes their enemies quiver like silken tofu! But something sinister is brewing in the peaceful kingdom that will soon pit the four Dim Sum Warrior clans--the Fried Kung Academy, the Boiled Kung Temple, the Baked Kung Sisterhood and the School of Steam Kung--against each other."--Provided by publisher.

It is time to select the next Dragon Warrior, but no one expects a clumsy panda.

Po, a clumsy, lazy panda, must transform himself into a kung fu master in order to defeat the dangerous snow leopard, Tai Lung.

Joy, Sam, and their friends from the kung fu school use their knowledge of mathematics and whole numbers to discover who stole the keys to the school and used them to steal all the kung fu equipment.

Sam and his friends at the kung fu school use mathematics to solve puzzles about boiling water and melting glass, and figure out the secret to opening a clock that is really a lock while helping Sifu Faiza. In comic book format.

Po has a difficult time living up to his new title as the Dragon Warrior.

As the hero of this graphic novel who travels to China to become a master of kung fu, the reader is asked to make choices throughout the story while fighting bandits, ghosts, and dangerous rivals.

After Po learns that his parents did not abandon him but saved him in a radish basket, he finds Inner Peace and takes on Shen and his army.