chinese language

A pigeon tries fighting the urge to yawn while coming up with many reasons why it should be allowed to stay up late.

Employs the Chinese Pinyin System in arranging word order, with denotations in phonetic symbols, traditional and simplified characters, stroke tables, and an English language index.

A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

Provides illustrations and the Chinese equivalents of over 25,000 Englishlanguage terms.

How the twelve animals were chosen for the Chinese zodiac.

Contains over one thousand words and illustrations, arranged alphabetically within twelve subject categories, including animals, the human body, plants and flowers, and home. Presented in English with Chinese translations.

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.