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A Life Like Mine tells the story of how children live around the world through four themes:  survival, development, protection, participation.  Excellent images and text suitable for upper elementary and middle school students. Truly has a global perspective. Includes many visuals and maps.

Is is published by UNICEF.

Recommended because of an illuminating afterword by Kim Yunsik . . . . The poetry of Kim Namjo provides intellectual stimulus in good measure . . . . Few writers, East Asian or Western, display Kim’s perspective on life, on this world, and on Heaven. The translators have made a fine choice of poems.Kim Namjo published her first book of poems, Life (Moksum), in 1953. In the years since then, in another ten collections of poems, she has explored in her books, an intensely experienced religious faith, and a passionate affirmation of life. This is the first collection of poems by a Korean woman writer to be published in English language translation. Reviewed by World Literature Today. Available from: http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/eastasia/CEASbooks

Citation: Translasted by David R. McCann & Hyunjae Yee Sallee. Ithaca, N.Y. : East Asia Program, Cornell University($15.00)

Recommended because tThis long five-part play, composed about 1300, is based on one of China’s most famous love stories, concerning an aspiring young scholar who is torn between duty to his parents and career versus attraction to the modest yet seductive young woman he encounters by chance. The characterization and the poetry of this play represent a high point in the history of Chinese drama.
Reviewed by East Asian Project of Columbia University. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Citation: Translated by S.I. Hsiung. Reprint New York: Columbia University Press, 1968.

Recommended because the book explores ancient China’s scientific discoveries and technology in this lively account of people, ideas, and social change from 1600 B.C. to the present. If students have any stereotypes of Chinese as backward, this will break them. Recommended for middle school/high school.
Reviewed from Chinese Tapes on-line catalog ($19.95).

Citation: Williams, Suzanne. Berkeley, CA: Pacific View Press. ($19.95)

Recommended because Encountering the Chinese is an insightful book with the practical cross-cultural analysis of Chinese culture. The books intention is to decrease anxiety and make things easier for Americans interacting with Chinese. It is neatly structured, and the language is kept as simple as possible with a friendly tone. The authors provide a practical and sensitive cross-cultural analysis of Chinese culture along with insights into how best to communicate and interact with Chinese people. As the economic and diplomatic climate in China has changed, the frequency of contact between Chinese and Americans has increased in all areas: business, academic, scientific, professional, personal and cultural, making this book even more valuable. Relying on Hus innate knowledge of Chinese culture and Groves American perspective including his substantial experience in China, this informative and practical handbook for cross-cultural interaction will enable Westerners and Chinese to establish more productive and rewarding relationships both inside and outside the PRC.

Citation: Hu, Wenzhong and Grove, Cornelius L. (1999). Intercultural Press. $21.95.

Recommended because this picture book illustrates the way of building friendship of people holding different cultures. Yoshiko met Flem, an American military officer, on the train in Japan, established love and tolerance beyond their cultural differences, and finally married on March 16, 1960. This book clearly describes prejudices of foreigners that Japanese people used to have and how both of them faced and overcame the prejudices. This book would be good for higher elementary or middle school students.
Reviewed by Masataka Kasai, 5/1/02.

Citation: Little, O. M. (1996). New York: Frances Foster Books Farrar Straus Giroux. ($16.00).

Recommended because this book attempts to discuss various aspects of minorities such as economy, politics, education, and culture and how globalization has affected China’s ethnic minorities. Topics and materials included in this site are historical background, minorities politics, the economies of the minorities, religion and education, population, and international relations. Start by chapter 1 Introduction as this chapter discusses the definitions of minorities and globalization, and the various impacts of globalization. Be aware of the fact that a list of Chinas fifty-five state-recognized ethnic minorities is provided at the end of the book along with brief description of each.

Citation: Mackerras, Colin. New York: RoutledgeCurzon.

Recommended because the author presents case studies on the contributions that students and teachers with extensive international experiences can make to the curriculum in their schools. Suburban, urban, and rural schools are the settings for the case study analyses that discuss how school systems, teacher education programs, and communities can collaborate to infuse global perspectives in (social) education. The author discusses issues related to (1) the tension between cultural loyalty and global citizenship and (2) the ambivalence of school cultures towards international experience. The author also provides (1) a model for explaining the impact of international experience and (2) suggestions for incorporating international experiences in schools.

Citation: Wilson, Angene. Praeger Publishers/Greenwood Publishing Group. ($72.95).

Recommended because of this collection of short stories recommended for high school students. The book is available in paperback from Indiana University Press or from many public libraries.
Reviewed by East Asian Project of Columbia University. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Citation: Chen, Jo-hsi Indiana University Press

Recommended because this book is aimed at students, travelers and other readers seeking to understand the modern people and culture of China in the context of ancient history. Provides an overview of China’s history and people, geography, society, philosophy and religion, and the arts in an accessible style. Contains a list of suggested readings.
Reviewed from http://www.international.ucla.edu/publications.asp.

Citation: Gunde, R. UCLA Center for China Studies Cultures and Customs of Asia Series.

Recommended because Cobblestone Publishing Company produces a magazine (Calliope) in its Exploring World History series that focuses on particular periods or themes of Chinese history. Individual issues are reviewed below. They are available for $4.95 each from Cobblestone Publishing Company, 30 Grove Street, Suite C, Petersborough, NH 03458. Visit their website for complete ordering information.
Reviewed from China: A Teaching Workbook. http://www.afe.easia.columbia.edu/mainframe.html (not working)

Calliope: Confucius and Confucianism (Exploring World History)
The October 1999 issue is devoted to Confucius and Confucianism. It features articles on Confucius personal life, his name, the Chinese classics, the influence of Confucian teaching on Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, and the origin of fortunes in fortune cookies. Not only informative, this magazine is full of stimulating visuals accompanying each short article. Volume 10, Number 2, ISBN 0382445120

Calliope: China’s First Emperor: Shi-Huangdi (Exploring World History)
The October 1997 issue of Calliope magazine is devoted to China’s First Emperor: Shi-Huangdi. It features articles on topics and personalities of the period. Not only informative, this magazine is full of stimulating visuals accompanying each short article. October 1997Volume 8, Number 2, ISBN 0382408942

Calliope: Han Dynasty of China (Exploring World History)
The October 1998 issue of Calliope magazine covers the Han Dynasty of China. It features articles on Sima Qian, Liu Bang, The Emperor Wu Di, The Golden Age of Technology and the Arts, and much more. Not only informative, this magazine is full of stimulating visuals accompanying each short article. October 1998Volume 9, Number 2, ISBN 0382443896

Calliope: Lost Cities (Exploring World History)
The May/June 1991 issue includes an article on Loyang (Luoyang), ancient capital of China under the later Han dynasty. The article is entitled, “Loyang: The Emperor’s City in China.” Volume 1, Number 5, ISBN 0382405838

Calliope: The Hunnic Invasions (Exploring World History)
The September/October 1991 issue includes an article on “The Xiongnu Breach the Great Wall of China,” discussing the role played by the invasions of these tribes from the north in Chinese history. Volume 2, Number 1, ISBN 0382405889

Calliope: Buddhism (Exploring World History)
The March/April 1995 issue is devoted to Buddhism and includes articles on the historical Buddha, the basic teachings of Buddhism, the early development of Buddhism, the life of a Buddhist monk, and the Dalai Lama. Although not specifically focused on Buddhism as practiced in any one country, this issue provides an excellent introduction to the religion. Not only informative, this magazine is full of stimulating visuals accompanying each short article. Volume 5, Number 4, ISBN 0382445120

Calliope: Cities of the Past (Exploring World History)
The May/June 1996 issue includes an article on “China’s Ancient Capital: Xian.” Xian, known historically as “Changan,” was the capital of China during the Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties, as a cosmopolitan city that was the western terminus of the Silk Road. Volume 6, Number 5, ISBN 0382445120

Calliope: The Mongols (Exploring World History)
The November/December 1993 issue focuses on the Mongols, their leaders, their role in world history as conquerors and rules of China and vast areas of the Eurasian continent. Volume 4, Number 2, ISBN 0382405994

Calliope: Great Explorers to the East (Exploring World History)
The September/October 1990 issue includes an article on Marco Polo and his travels to China, “Marco Polo: Describing the World.” Volume 1, Number 1, ISBN 0382405838

Calliope: The Ming Dynasty: The World of the Yongle Emperor (Exploring World History)
The May/June 1995 issue of Calliope magazine is titled The Ming Dynasty: The World of the Yongle Emperor. It features articles on Zhu Di, Zheng He, The Forbidden City, and much more. Not only informative, this magazine is full of stimulating visuals accompanying each short article. May/June 1995Volume 5, Number 5

Ancient China: Theme Pack from Calliope (Exploring World History)
Five issues are conveniently grouped in one boxed set with an excellent teacher’s guide. The issues included are Confucius and Confucianism, China’s First Emperor: Shi Huangdi, The Han Dynasty, The Mongols, and The Ming Dynasty: The World of the Yongle Emperor. (See above for annotation of individual issues.)
Price: $25.95

Citation: http://www.cobblestonepub.com

Recommended because as a contrast to Family’s aristocratic milieu, Lao She’s 1937 novel depicts the suffering of the urban poor. The protagonist, Camel, is a downtrodden rickshaw puller who destroys himself while trying valiantly to better his circumstances in a dog-eat-dog world, where no individual can survive alone. Yet Camel’s experiences in the attempt reveal actual life in the streets of pre-revolutionary Peking.
Reviewed by East Asian Project of Columbia University. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Citation: She, Lao Recommended translation: Jean M. James (translator), Rickshaw: The Novel Lo-t’o Hsiang Tzu. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1979.

Recommended because this unit challenges students to examine a notion of homogeneity of Asian countries and also offers students a chance to examine the experiences and challenges of another country’s ethnic groups. 221 pages, 5 lessons CD-ROM with images for each lesson Secondary While many outside of China believe that China is an ethnically homogeneous nation, it is actually quite diverse. Although roughly 92 percent of the Chinese population is classified as ethnically “Han,” there is great diversity even within this majority group. For instance, within the Han nationality, there are 7

Citation: Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) http://spice.stanford.edu/ldml/viewpub_sp.lasso?id=20202 $49.95

Recommended because this anthology of 305 folk songs was probably compiled during the sixth century B.C. Its most accessible poems are short love songs and work songs. It also contains a number of songs complaining about greedy landlords or protesting military service. The relatively simple imagery of these folksongs demonstrates the close relationship between man and nature in a this-worldly agricultural society.
Reviewed by East Asian Project of Columbia University. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Citation: Arthur Waley, trans. reprint, New York: Grove Press, 1960.

Recommended because this includes a free collection of activities for middle-school students on the Qin (Ch’in) dynasty, Confucius, the Tale of Monkey, the Chinese language, society, agriculture, the political system, and shadow puppets. It was produced by teachers in the state of Washington and edited by Mary Hammond Bernson of the University of Washington in conjunction with the State Education Department.
Reviewed from http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Citation: Mary Hammond Bernson. Olympia, WA : Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Recommended because students will come away with a clear understanding of the concept of economic interdependence, as well as key facts about Hong Kong’s role in Asia, past and present. In 1997 the world watched with mixed feelings as Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule. The handover was politically and historically significant, but foremost in many minds were the economic implications. Recommended for secondary schools. Reviewed from SPICE catalog on line

Citation: SPICE http://spice.stanford.edu/ldml/viewpub_sp.lasso?id=10051

Recommended because world history, geography, and world culture classes will benefit from this unit’s treatment of the rich and colorful history and geography of the Silk Road. Recommended for engaging small group activities, which draw on many primary sources, will allow students to explore these historic routes through the lives of people who have lived and traveled these pathways from early days to the present. An adaptation of the simulation Heelotia is included. Recommended for middle school, high school.
Reviewed from SPICE website includes connections to curriculum standards.

Citation: http://spice.stanford.edu

Recommended because this is a highly participatory unit which gives students the opportunity to analyze the issue of land distribution in China since 1940. Students are assigned to each of the four major social classes of China in the 1940s and receive shares of “land” in proportion to Chinese land distribution at that time, to dramatize the wide disparities in land distribution. They read primary sources depicting the impoverished state of Chinese peasants in 1947 and follow Mao Tse-Tung’s sweeping land-reform movement by reading “Stone Village,” a fictionalized account of the kind of violent turn that land reform often took. Students analyze an article from the Beijing Review, written by a farmer who became wealthy as a result of the “Family Responsibility System” which allowed him to engage in private chicken farming. Grades 7-10. Reviewed in http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Citation: National Center for History in the Schools, University of California at Los Angeles.

Recommended because the stories in this anthology map a crucial period Korean history, and constitute the pinnacle of literary achievement in that country. The writers cover themes of gender conflict and confrontation, the problems resulting from the intersection of traditional modes of life with industrialization, the Japanese Occupation, and the trauma of the Korean War.
Reviewed by Kegan Paul International.

Citation: Chung, Chong-wha. (Ed.). London: Kegan Paul International. ($110.00)

Recommended because essentially an oral history of Korean comfort women, the stories they told Dai Sil are the core of the book. Other chapters provide historical information. The raw stories of these women contain their flesh and blood. In addition, Kim-Gibson explores their lives before and after, as well as during, the forced servitude. Born in northern Korea when it was under Japanese rule, Kim-Gibson traveled to Korea, Japan and China to record their devastating stories. The women pour their hearts out as they tell stories about being taken from their homes, shipped like military supplies to far-off places, suffering the insufferable, and going home only to be silenced. Some say that we wretched Koreans – the people of Hahn (the everlasting woe) – have run out of tears. But to my wonderment, I found myself fighting tears as I turned pages of Dai Sil Kim-Gibson’s “Silence Broken.” More in shame and guilt for our stone-cold indifference to our own blood-and-flesh grandmas who have endured the unendurable. Destiny has willed this poet-philosopher-filmmaker to tell the stories of the ultimate Hahn to posterity, especially for children of an unrepentant neighbor whose leaders have been afflicted with a self-induced collective amnesia.
Reviewed by K.W. Lee, founding president of the Korean American Journalists Association.

Citation: Kim-Gibson, Dai Sil. Parkersburg, Iowa: Mid-Prairie Books ($15) ISBN: 0931209889

Recommended because the 600 verses presented in this anthology will provide the reader with comprehensive and varied aspects of the sijo, the traditional Korean lyric, since its emergence as a fixed literary form as early as the late 12th century down to the 19th century. This text refers to editorial review.

Citation: Selected and translated with an introduction by Jaihiun J. Kim. Fremont. CA: Asian Humanities Press.

Recommended because Land of Morning Calm gives us a better understanding of the people behind the news and the traditions we dont get to see on television as North and South Korea quickly become important players in global politics. It opens a window into another way of life, reminding us once again that we are all as similar as we are different.
What was life like in Ancient Korea? What did people eat? What did they believe in? How is it different now? Take a journey to both ancient and modern Korea, where you will find a rich world of history and traditions that will capture your imagination and whet your appetite for learning more about this fascinating culture. Read about the legend behind the founding of Korea, the meaning of the flag, and the creation of the Korean alphabet. Learn how to make kimchi, how to celebrate Korean holidays, and how people ironed their clothes before electricity. Be aware of the fact that every page explains an aspect of Korean culture and its changes through the years. This resource was originally reviewed by Shen’s Books.

Citation: Stickler, John & Han, Soma Shen’s Books (http://www.shens.com/cgi-bin/mas/category.cgi?category=welcome) $16.95

Recommended because this first-ever “root dictionary” of Korean designed for second-language learners contains more than 1,500 lists of words built from shared roots. The lists offer a unique and efficient way for learners to acquire new words. On encountering a word, one can consult the lists for its component roots and discover many other semantically related words built from the same elements. The Handbook consists of two sections, one presenting roots of Chinese origin and the second containing native Korean roots. Within each section, each list begins with the relevant root written in Korean script together with the Chinese character (if there is one) and its English translation. The entries for individual words within a list include information about each item

Citation: Choo, Miho., & O’Grady, William. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press

Recommended because an essential characteristic of contemporary Korean society and culture is the multi-religious situation. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity have each maintained positions of power in Korea. Each vies for the allegiance of the people, but none has been able to secure a dominant place in the current Korean culture and value system. Thus, Korea is unique in that three of the major world religions are functioning equally as living cultural forces. The ten essays in this book examine each of these forces (as well as shamanism and New Religions) and project possible outcomes of conflict or cooperation.
Reviewed by Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Citation: Lancaster, Lewis R., & Payne, Richard. (Eds.). p.296. ISBN 1-55729-055-5 ($20.00)

Recommended because the Kwangju Uprising is one of the most important political events in late twentieth-century Korean history. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the imposition of military rule in the southwestern city of Kwangju in May 1980 turned into a bloody people’s revolt. In the two decades since, memories of the Kwangju Uprising have lived on, assuming symbolic importance in the Korean democracy movement, underlying the rise in anti-American sentiment in South Korea, and shaping the nation’s transition to a civil society. Nonetheless it remains a contested event, the subject still of controversy, confusion, international debate, and competing claims.
Reviewed by The Center for Korean Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies, University of Hawai`i at Manoa.

Citation: Lewis, Linda. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press

Recommended because this collection of articles centers on women’s issues in Korea, including aspects of myth, religion, modern poetry, language, and the Korean war.
This resource was originally reviewed by Indiana University East Asian Studies Center.

Citation: Seoul, Korea: Research Institute of Asian Women, Sookmyung Women’s University.

Recommended because this set of six filmstrips, with accompanying narration, text, and study guide, examines chronologically Korea’s past and present. They are useful for world civilization and East Asian history courses, as well as upper-division courses in history and political science and specialized sociology, art, and literature courses. They are also of benefit to advanced high school study programs. Each filmstrip runs approximately 20 minutes. The titles are: The Korean People and Ancient Korea; The Silla Kingdom; Koryo: Korea

Citation: Shultz, Edward. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.

Recommended because this book contains the retelling of many Turkish folktale classics. The thirty-four stories contained in this book are excellent for elementary and middle school teachers to use in a World literature or World cultures curriculum unit. Perfect for story time or for classroom reading practice. Reviewed by Jennifer Nichols, 05/2002.

Citation: Walker, Barbara.

Recommended because it is a good resource for the elementary grades. This text invites children to explore the wildlife and indigenous peoples of Africa. Mask making from Zaire and hats in Nigeria are two of the many ways readers encounter knowledge of Africa. The crafts use common materials in unusual ways.

Citation: Y. Merrill and M. Simpson (2000) .

Recommended because this novel portrays the war-ravaged world of a young girl, and while it does not take the reader to the front lines, it gives a behind the scenes look at what war does to the lives of children. Sookan, the protagonist, glimpses a proud past through her grandfather, who keeps the old Korean ways, while her mother runs a factory that produces knitted socks for the Japanese army. Her father and brothers are away fighting in the resistance movement and when World War II ends the rejoicing proves premature: the Russians are as oppressive as the Japanese. Sookan and her seven-year-old brother flee their northern Korean village, head south to the safety of the 38th parallel, are separated fro m their mother and ultimately reunited. There are vivid, poignant moments when the children bath their dying grandfather?s feet and discover his toenails have been pulled out under torture. They are mortified as small Korean children when they are forced to urinate at their desks because they cannot break from reciting Japanese propaganda. The author?s love for family and homeland shines through this moving account. Reviewed by Mary Miller, East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh.

Citation: Choi, Sook Nyul. Boston: Houghton ($11.20) ISBN 0-395-57419-6

Recommended because this is a sensitive retelling of a Korean folktale about the chaos a mirror creates when simple folk fail to recognize themselves. Reviewed by Mary Miller, East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh.

Citation: Ginsburg, Mirra. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ($ 6.00) ISBN 0152175083

Recommended because of the SHIN KYONG-NIM’s first volume of poems, Farmers’ Dance (Nong-mu), marked a major new step in the development of modern Korean poetry when it was published in 1973. The life of Korea’s oppressed rural masses had never before been highlighted in such a manner. For years, the poet had shared that life as a laborer and salesman, and the poems reflect a deep identification with classes and situations that were normally not considered suitable subjects for poetry. This volume offers a full translation of the poems of the expanded 1975 edition, making available in English for the first time one of the most influential works of modern Korean poetry. Reviewed by Korean Studies Review, Intercultural Institute of California.

Citation: Kyong-Nim, Shin Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize and Young-moo Kim. Cornell Univ East Asia Program($17.00)

Recommended because of this first and only study of North Korean literary history by a Western scholar deals with the crucial role played by Han S(rya, chairman of the D.P.R.K.’s Federation of Literature and Art from 1948 to his purge in 1962, both in devising the iconography of Kim Il Sung’s personality cult and in defining the early course of North Korean letters. Through brief studies of Han’s own canonical works the author also sets out to dispel the widely-held assumption that North Korean literature is compatible with Soviet and Chinese socialist realism. The appendix includes a complete translation of Han’s 1951 novella Jackals (Svngnyangi). Reviewed by East Asia Program, Cornell University.

Citation: Myers, B. Ithaca, N.Y.: East Asia Program, Cornell University. ($17.00)

Recommended because this novel for young people, Winner of the 2002 Newberry Medal, is set in Medieval Korea. It is the story of Tree-Ear, an orphan who apprentices himself to a master potter. His adventures on a journey to enter his master’s wares in the competition for a royal commission takes him over hazardous terrain. This is historical fiction at its best. Recommended for upper elementary and middle school. Reviewed from Columbus Dispatch dated April 25, 2002. F8. Surprise prize by Nancy Gilson.

Citation: Park, L.S. Clarion Books. [ISBN 03978720] 160 pp. ($11.60)

Recommended because the sijo is the most popular and most Korean of all traditional Korean poetic forms. Sometimes likened to haiku for its brevity, a typical sijo poem follows a three-line pattern: the first two lines mimicking one another both in form and content and the last line introducing a twist or counter theme which serves to sharpen the meaning. The popularity of sijo in Korea – writers range from royalty to common citizens – is always a challenge for the translator who must often inhabit widely differing backgrounds to completely understand a poem’s subtle nuances. Richard Rutt’s translations are considered by many to be some of the best available in the English language. The Bamboo Grove will interest not only poets and students of poetry but scholars of Korean culture curious to view history through this important and significant form of verse. This text refers to editorial review.

Citation: Rutt, R. (Ed.). Berkeley, University of California Press. ($19.95)

Recommended because Yumni visits Korea with her grandmother and looks forward to meeting relatives she has never seen, but she worries whether Halmoni will want to return to New York. This story explores the difficulties Korean American children face because they feel they are outsiders while in Korea. Reviewed by Mary Miller, East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh.

Citation: Choi, Sook Nyul. Boston: Hougton Mifflin ($ 15.00) ISBN 0395811805

Recommended because of its new translations of poems from the Tang Dynasty, the golden age of poetry in China. Be aware of the fact that this is a bilingual edition. Recommended for high school.

Citation: Herdan, Innes Taibei Shi, Yuan dong tu shu gong si ($29.99)

Recommended because this is an easy-to-read picture book which is a translation of a Chinese fold poem of around 500 A.D. The Chinese characters are printed along with the English language. Detailed illustrations help to provide some understanding of life in those times. It is the story of a girl who goes off to war for ten years in place of her father. The detailed pictures of warriors on horseback, with spears poised, would appeal to children in all grades, but sixth graders may directly relate it to their studies. Reviewed by P. Harre, teacher participant in the ORIAS Summer Institute, 2001, on International Children’s Literature. Please check this URL — http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/summer2001/bibliographies.html

Citation: Lee, Jeanne M. Arden, NC: Front Street ($46.15)

Recommended because held forth by many as the oldest known version of Cinderella, this story dates back to 9 BC China. Beautifully illustrated by Ed YOung, the theme of the fish/fairy godmother character plays through the book. Excellent for comparative literature along with Shirley Climo’s Egyptian, Persian, and Korean Cinderella stories, among others.
Reviewed by A. Petrakis, teacher participant in the ORIAS Summer Institute, 2001, on International Children’s Literature. Suitable for all ages. Please check this URL — http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/summer2001/bibliographies.html.

Citation: Louie, Ai-Ling. New York: Philomel Books ($6.99)

Recommended because this young people’s novel deals with the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. It relays some little-know facts about the times: “Several Korean soldiers became kamikaze pilots for the Japanese army, and Korean families were often forced to change their names to sound more Japanese.” The title is the name the author’s grandmother was called duirng the occupation and the author interviewed her grandmother in researching the book. Review from Columbus Dispatch, April 25, 2002. F8. Surprise prize by Nancy Gilson. See also two other historical novels by Parks: The Kite Flyers and See-Saw Girl.

Citation: Park, L.S. Clarion Books. [ISBN 0618133356] 208 pp. ($12.40)

Recommended because of about a dozen folktales from China are reproduced on this site. Each tale includes a brief description of its type and sometimes a comparison to others in the genre. The source of the tale is given and several are from Chinese collections. Recommended for middle and high school. Reviewed by Mary Anne Flournoy, 4/04/02.

Citation: Selected and edited by D.L. Ashliman http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/china.html#goldcolt

Recommended because this 144 page book is part of the 2nd edition of the Cultures of the World series. It presents the geography, history, economy, and social life and customs of Venezuela, one of the wealthiest nations in Latin America. Reviewed by Tim Dove Jan. 2003.

Citation: Winter, Jane Kohen. Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish ($ 35.64) ISBN/ISSN: 0761413626

Recommended because of a captivating collection of short stories from one of Korea’s most prolific authors?. Yi effectively uses [the] characters to demonstrate the ongoing importance of individuals, moral conscience, and spiritual meaning?in modern Korea or any society. Reviewed by Korean Quarterly.

Citation: Yi, Chong-jun. Translated by Julie Pickering. Ithaca, New York: East Asia Program, Cornell University($15.00)

Recommended because of its autobiographical account by a Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution. High school, teachers. Reviewed from Japan and the Pacific Rim, Dushkin Global Studies series.

Citation: Bo, Ma New York: Viking ($42.75)

Recommended because this book introduces Asian products, cultures, and festivals in an alphabetical order. This book would be good for low elementary school students. Topics and materials included in this book are a brief description or explanation on the introduced products, cultures, and festivals, and their names in original languages.

Citation: Chin-lee, C. New York: Orchard Books ($5.95)

Recommended because Sadako is a young girl dying of leukemia as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima 10 years earlier. Her hope, seen in her folding cranes (a symbol of long life), becomes the symbol of hope for peace. This is a classic work, very popular with American students. Recommended for Grades 3-6.
Reviewed by A. Petrakis, teacher participant in ORIAS Summer Institute, 2001, on International Children’s Literature. Please see this URL — http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/summer2001/bibliographies.html.

Citation: Coerr, Eleanor. New York: Putnam ($6.99)

Recommended because this book provides information about various aspects of girls and women in Japan that seems to be usually left out or misunderstood in the books introducing Japan and Japanese culture. Topics and materials included in this book are childhood of Japanese girls, education that Japanese girls and women receive, marriage and divorce, wife and mother, old age, court life of Japanese women, life in castle and yashiki, samurai women, life in the cities, domestic service that Japanese women serve, within the home, and ten years of progress. Start by “TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS” since this chapter presents how status of Japanese women have been promoted for the last ten years. I would use this chapter to make students aware of change of position of Japanese women from 1990s to present.

Citation: Bacon, Alice New York : Kegan Paul

Recommended because this dictionary provides the insights necessary for effective communication with Japanese people. Topics and materials included in this book are 230 Japanese expressions that every Japanese knows and believes that non-Japanese cannot possibly understand, a 14-entry set of introductory readings, and cross-referencing of entries by thematic groupings. Start by “GUIDE TO KEY CULTURAL THEMES” since it provides cross listed entries under the themes which helps you which topics are related to a particular theme such as communication style, culture and custom, etiquette and role, or family.

Citation: De Mente, Boye Lincolnwood, Ill. : National Textbook Co.