Pets/Animals Archives - Page 7 of 15

Chukfi Rabbit’s Big, Bad Bellyache: A Trickster Tale told by Greg Rodgers, illustrated by Leslie Stall Widener

08 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples

Welcome to Choctaw country: native storyteller Greg Rodgers re-introduces a "hidden away" tale transcribed from the 1930s to "the living world of Choctaw literature," while native artist Leslie Stall Widener animates Rodgers' words with whimsical renditions of the animal characters garbed in Choctaw-inspired colorful duds. Young (and old, ahem!)...

My Pet Rattlesnake by Joe Hayes, illustrated by Antonio Castro L.

03 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

"When I was a kid, I was what you might call a desert rat," begins renowned American Southwest storyteller Joe Hayes’ latest picture book from boutique indie Cinco Puntos Press. Once upon a time, that desert rat-kid stumbles on a rattlesnake trapped under a rock and releases...

Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz, illustrated by Dan Santat

26 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Southeast Asian American, Thai American

And you thought you knew Little Red and the Big Wolf? Look again ...

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim, illustrated by Grace Zong

24 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction

So this might seem like a Chinese New Year title (because it is – although I just received a copy; the first print run sold out almost immediately, yippee!), but it's even more about sharing, forgiveness, and friendship. Which means don't read it just once a...

Two Parrots by Rashin, inspired by a tale from Rumi

10 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, Persian, Persian American

According to a note at book's end, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī of 13th-century Persia, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, or simply Rumi, "...

Coyote Run by Gaëtan Dorémus

18 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction

Here's your oxymoron for the day: wordless books that convey so much. French illustrator/author Gaëtan Dorémus pays a kid-friendly homage to the American western ...

Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth

25 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

What is it about panda bears that makes them soooo utterly irresistible? Click here to see if you could possibly be immune to those "chubbly-wubbly." Curmudgeon that I usually am, even I succumbed to "beary love." Jon Muth personally knows their inevitably undeniable appeal: his giant panda, Stillwater,...

Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson, illustrated by Qin Leng

17 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

When a young boy and his parents go to the animal shelter, they return home with a brown-and-white dog with a stump for a tail because he's the "saddest." "'No one knows his real name,'" the shelter employee explains, "'Norman is what we call him.'"...

Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan L. Roth

11 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Caribbean, Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Puerto Rican

Co-authors Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, whose last project à deux was the glorious The Mangrove Tree set in the tiny African country of Eritrea, travel south to the Caribbean to present another memorable story of preservation and conservation. Welcome to Puerto Rico, home of the Puerto Rican parrot, also...

Triton of the Sea (vols. 1-2) by Osamu Tezuka, translated by Eugene Woodbury, edited by Eileen Tse

03 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

When I say 'brought to you by popular demand,' I have indisputable proof here: 715 supporters put up almost 150% more than the requested funds in answer to Digital Manga's 2012 Kickstarter campaign to bring Triton of the Sea (along with two additional Tezuka titles, Unico and...

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang, translated by Chi-Young Kim, illustrated by Nomoco

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Translation, Young Adult Readers

This new year couldn't start off with a better title. At a mere 134 pages, it's perfect to read in a single sitting, although the story's loving spirit is sure to linger. It's also the ideal gift to share with anyone and everyone who holds...

The Year of the Horse: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin, illustrated by Jennifer Wood

31 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction

Get ready to ring in the new year ...

Upside Down: A Vampire Tale by Jess Smart Smiley

31 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific

Since I temporarily seem to find myself in Utah – although I admit it's not quite as frightening here as I thought it might be, ahem! – I figured this spookfest would not be complete without a Utahn Halloween manga, right? Jess Smart Smiley, who "lives in the bewitching mountains of Utah,"...

Nasreddine by Odile Weulersse, illustrated by Rébecca Dautremer

21 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction, Translation, Turkish

Here's the perfect companion to Mar Pavón and Nívola Uyá's A Very, Very Noisy Tractor which posted Saturday. Young Nasreddine's answers his father Mustafa's request to ready the donkey for their journey to the market. Mustafa and their large sack of dates sit atop the donkey, while a...

The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Abigail Halpin

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, South Asian American

You could just start reading Uma Krishnaswami's recent middle grade cross-cultural adventure and thoroughly enjoy it, but why have only half the fun? To maximize the knowing giggles, make sure to start with Dini's 2011 debut in The Grand Plan to Fix Everything. Then check out...

The Magic Ball of Wool by Susanna Isern, illustrated by Nora Hilb, translated by Jon Brokenbrow

11 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction, Translation

In my crotchety old age, sleep is a major challenge, so I usually end up taking a pile of must-reads to bed. In spite of the lack of zzzzs, my stacks aren't exactly shrinking, but how grateful am I to never be without bookish company...

One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Anthony Browne

08 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, British, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

Counting books seem to be a dime a dozen, and some you wouldn't even pay that much for! How satisfying, then, to discover this priceless One Gorilla. The concept is simple – it's a counting book, after all: each bold, sensational double-page spread features a numeral and...

Black Flame by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, translated by Anna Holmwood

08 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Mongolian, Tibetan, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Winner of China's National Children's Literature Award, Black Flame is an engrossing, often heartstring-pulling adventure told from the point of view of a majestic, lion-like, blue-black Tibetan Mastiff. Two things kept going through my head as the pages turned swiftly: 1. the novel reads like an older...

No Bath, No Cake! Polly’s Pirate Party by Matthias Weinert, translated by David Henry Wilson

27 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Translation

The morning began with an early birthday in our house before going off to another swim meet. Always the swim meet! Egads, the time passes so quickly, I can't keep up. That the kids are getting older only means I'm getting more ancient. Someone, please...

Lost Sloth by J.otto Seibold

20 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Sleeping Sloth is jolted awake by a ringing phone he can't pick up in time. Thank goodness for answering machines (methinks parents might need to explain that anachronistic precursor to voice mail) because the lucky message announces Sloth has won a prize! But oh, no!...

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