chinese language

An introduction to rain forests, examining their different layers, plants and animals, and human residents, looking at some of the products that originate in the rain forests, and discussing the need to preserve the tropical environments.

Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he will be able to read.

A listing of the 201 most common Mandarin Chinese verbs, presenting both the Chinese character and its English infinitive form, followed by compounds and exemplary phrases, with pronunciation keys, and an explanatory essay.

Includes three humorous stories in verse: Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag.

Problems develop when Nate's hen lays an egg that hatches into a dinosaur.

Examines the lives and deaths of four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and the two men who murdered them on November 15, 1959.

After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon Blake is removed from the Alabama forest where he was raised and sent to a boy's home, where, for the first time, he has contact with the outside world and learns about friendship, love, and humanity.

Presents a Chinese language dictionary for children.

Labeled drawings provide a wide range of everyday terms from the telephone to human anatomy in English and Mandarin Chinese.