013 A Chinese Heritage Thread Lesson with Jan McGrath

Our Guest: Jan McGrath

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Featured books in this episode:

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

• Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

  

• Silas Marner by George Eliot

• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

• North and South Gaskell

• The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, illustrated by Kurt Wiese

  

• Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, illustrated by Kurt Wiese

• The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy

• Gai See: What You Can See in Chinatown by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by Yangsook Choi

• Little Pear by Eleanor Frances Lattimore and illustrated by Lattimore

• Fish in the Air by Kurt Wise

• Kite Flying by Grace Lin

  

• Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin

• The Legend of the Willow Plate by Alvin R. Tresselt

• Empty Pot by Demi

  

• The Greatest Treasure by Demi

• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

• Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent

• To Grandmother's House: A Visit to Old-Town Beijing (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Douglas Keister

• Thank You, Meiling (A Manners Children's Book) by Linda Talley, illustrated by Itoko Maeno

  

• Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language by Deborah Fallows

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Blue Willow Plate

Calamityware (Ambre’s red mug)

“The Jasmine Song” a Chinese folk song traditionally known as “Mo Li Hua”

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