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  • A Unicorn Named Rin Quick View
    • A Unicorn Named Rin Quick View
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    • A Unicorn Named Rin

    • GBP 13.99
    • Story by Crystal Z. Lee Illustrations by Li Liu Rin is a Chinese unicorn from the Tang Dynasty. When Fan the Royal Phoenix goes missing, Rin and her magical friends have to help Princess Pingyang find her. Can they work together to complete the mission? Ages:   3+ ISBN:  978-1-913891-12-1 Format: Hardcover 216 x 280 mm Pages: 32 pp Colour Publication…
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  • Arise out of the Lock Quick View
    • Arise out of the Lock Quick View
    • Poetry, World Literature, World Literature from South Asia
    • Arise out of the Lock

    • GBP 11.99
    • 50 Bangladeshi Women Poets in English  Translated by Nabina Das and curated by Alam Khorshed    "So often South Asian poetry feels to me like a body with severed limbs, all inaccessible to each other. This anthology is both healing of that and a recognition; with the very force of its thought and its omnivorous cosmopolitanism, it will defy every…
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  • Costume Quick View
    • Costume Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Southeast Asia, World Literature from Taiwan
    • Costume

    • GBP 13.99
    • by Yeng Pway Ngon In the 1910s, thirteen-year-old Leong Ping Hung comes to Singapore from China to seek his fortune. Decades later, he is a lonely old man mourning his shattered dreams. His granddaughter Yu Sau struggles to take care of him while trying to make sense of her own life in a rapidly changing country. He speaks Cantonese, and…
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  • Exile or Pursuit Quick View
    • Exile or Pursuit Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Southeast Asia
    • Exile or Pursuit

    • GBP 13.99
    • by Chia Joo Ming   Hok Leong only knows one thing about his future: he does not want to become an office boy buying coffee for his superiors. Beyond this, he wants only to roam the streets of Singapore with his rough and tumble gang of boys—that is, until he is assigned to be the Chinese tutor for the new…
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  • Flight of the Bumblebee Quick View
    • Flight of the Bumblebee Quick View
    • World Literature from China, Young-Adult
    • Flight of the Bumblebee

    • GBP 11.99
    • by Huang Beijia Translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman   Nanjing, China, 1937. Eight-year-old Orange is uprooted from her comfortable home when the family is forced to flee from Japanese bombing raids. They take refuge in Chengdu, West China, where she grows up with her professor father, hard-working mother, two sisters, two brothers and Tianlu, a war orphan. At…
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  • Half of Each Other Quick View
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    • World Literature, World Literature from Europe, World Literature from Japan
    • Half of Each Other

    • GBP 10.99
    • by Roger Pulvers Half of Each Other takes place in Tokyo.  It tells the story of Nick and Setsuko York, a once very fond married couple devoted to their adorable five-year-old daughter, Emi. Half of Each Other is the story of a woman and a man challenged by the shock of an overwhelming grief.  Both are overcome by an immense…
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  • Hide and Seek: a story guide on traditional games Quick View
    • Hide and Seek: a story guide on traditional games Quick View
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    • Hide and Seek: a story guide on traditional games

    • GBP 13.99
    • Story and Illustrations by C. Rebecca A chance encounter with a crying stone sends Danny and friends across the island of Singapore in search of its missing friends. Hide and Seek brings you on the adventure of rediscovering old games as they learn how to play Hopscotch, Five Stones, and more! Ages:   3+ ISBN:  978-1-913891-16-9 Format: Paperback 216 x 216 mm…
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  • Hunters and Gatherers: What Can We Learn from Them Quick View
    • Hunters and Gatherers: What Can We Learn from Them Quick View
    • Hearing Others' Voices, Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Hunters and Gatherers: What Can We Learn from Them

    • GBP 12.99
    • by Alan Barnard FBA (University of Edinburgh) “The book spells out the great human achievements that have been brought about by humans who hunt and gather – across the millennia. It also shows that these achievements go beyond hunting and gathering alone. They depend on particular ways of understanding the human environment and the world at large. Alan Barnard points…
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  • Kai the Dancing Butterfly Quick View
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    • Kai the Dancing Butterfly

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    • Story by Crystal Z. Lee Illustrations by Allie Su Kai and Ami are dancing butterflies from Taiwan! They have a performance coming up at the Winter Festival dance show in the southern part of the island. They are currently in northern Taiwan, so they need to hurry and start flying south. That's far for a butterfly! Kai is worried about…
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  • Myna Bird as Free as a Cloud Quick View
    • Myna Bird as Free as a Cloud Quick View
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    • Myna Bird as Free as a Cloud

    • Illustrations by Yu Rong Translated by Helen Wang A story about love and freedom narrated from the point of view of a lost myna bird which comes to human society. Beautifully illustrated book using Chinese paper cuts.     Ages:   3+ ISBN:  978-1-911221-296 Format: Paperback 216 x 216 mm Pages: 40 pp Colour Publication Date:  15 July 2023  
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  • Raise the Bottles Quick View
    • Raise the Bottles Quick View
    • World Literature, World Literature from Taiwan
    • Raise the Bottles

    • GBP 15.99
    • Collection of Short Stories by Huang Chun-Ming Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt From trains to classrooms to mountains, in this collection of short stories, Huang Chunming traverses across the Taiwan island to deliver his readers bewitching stories of love, loss, and family. Each story crafts a poignant snapshot depicting private minds in public spaces. A young man has…
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  • Sleepy, Sleepy New Year Quick View
    • Sleepy, Sleepy New Year Quick View
    • Picture Books
    • Sleepy, Sleepy New Year

    • GBP 11.99
    • Story and Illustrations by Meng Yanan  Bao Bear has never heard of Chinese New Year. He decides to invite the Fox, Mouse, and Bunny families together to learn more about this celebration. However, as the end of autumn nears and Bao Bear gets sleepier, can he stay awake to find out? From the Bronze and Sunflower Picture Book Award-winning author…
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