Ed Young
5) Monkey King
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In his journey to a more enlightened state, a monkey must end his trickery and understand that there is strength in admitting weakness. Based on a section of the Chinese epic "Journey to the West."
6) My Mei Mei
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
10) White Fang
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
11) Desert song
Author
Publisher
Sierra Club Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As the heat of the desert day fades into night, various nocturnal animals, including bats, coyotes, and snakes, venture out to find food.
13) Wabi Sabi
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
17) Tsunami!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
19) Cats are cats
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Description
A collection of forty-two poems about all kinds of cats, from old grumbling cats to proud cats who sit tall, by poets including Eve Merriam, Jane Yolen, John Ciardi, and T. S. Eliot.