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In the West, legendary explorers like Christopher Columbus, Ernest Shackleton and Sir Edmund Hillary are a recognized part of our history. But in China, that legend belongs to the great explorer Zheng He (1371-1433), who lived during China's renowned Ming Dynasty. Zheng He, the Great Chinese Explorer is a bilingual (English and Chinese) tale of his adventures. When he was a child, Zheng He dreamed of foreign lands, his imagination was inspired by...
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Let's all go on a hike! Spend some time outdoors which I'm sure you will like! A family adventure with so much to explore... Lots of fun in the sun, you can't ask for much more! Let's go on a hike is a sweet rhyming story all about family and appreciating nature, trails, and the outdoors. Learning Chinese has never been so easy and fun!
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Little Mo's friends came to celebrate her birthday. Little Mo was waiting anxiously for a beautiful gift from her mom and dad, but she was very disappointed when she got a box of ugly caterpillars. Although her parents tried to explain to her that these were the silkworms that could spew out silk thread, used for making clothes, Little Mo refused to listen. She ran out with sadness. Little Mo's friends wanted to cheer her up, so they took her to explore...
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Long ago in China, there was a little boy who lived a nomadic life with his family. Hunger and hardship followed them wherever they went. They tried to grow food once, but whenever the seeds were sown, winter came and all the seedlings became frozen. One day, while passing by the Yellow River, the boy's white horse suddenly got free of the reins and plunged into the river. After a while, the horse sprang out of the water with a drawing on its back....
18) Alakazam
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Spread out your fingers and color them in different tints. You can be the baby elephant blowing water with Daddy. You can be the baby octopus swimming with Mommy. You can be the monkey brothers dancing to the music. You can be whatever you want with your boundless creativity. --Publisher's description.
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Long long ago, the world was a colorless, gray place. It had stayed that way for thousands of years. People never expected anything different until one day, the colorful Snake Goddess, Nuwa, fell from the sky. She was determined to bring color and beauty to the gray nothingness of the earth, but all the colors kept running out through a giant hole in the sky. To fix the hole and bring color to the world, Nuwa would have journey near and far to find...
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