Barefoot carries many books with stories about China.
Great Race
The Story of the Chinese Zodiac. Race long with Rat, Monkey, Dragon, and their companions while discovering the origin of the Chinese Zodiac. This bright and colorful book includes intriguing notes about the Chinese calendar, the festivals, and the animal that rules each year.
Recommended for ages 5-10
paperback $7.99, hardcover $16.99
We're Riding on a Caravan
An Adventure on the Silk Road. Explore the world of stunning silk, delicious spices and exotic trade locations in this rhyming tale about a Chinese family's journey along the Silk Road, the trade route that runs thousands of miles through Asia.
Recommended for ages 5-10
paperback $7.99, hardcover $16.99
Motherbridge of Love
This beautiful poem celebrates the bond between parent and child in a special way. Through the exchanges between a little Chinese girl and her mother, Motherbridge of Love offers a poignant and inspiring message to parents and children all over the world.
Text royalties from the sale of this Barefoot book will be donated to Mother bridge of love a charity that reaches out to Chinese children all over the world in order to develop a connection between China and the West, and between adoptive culture and birth culture.
Recommended for ages 5-10
hardcover $16.99
Little Leap Forward
The first in Barefoot Books' Young Fiction line, this sensitively written, real-life story focuses on growing up in Beijing in the 1960s, at the time of the Cultural Revolution. Little Leap Forward offers children an intimate and immediate account of a child’s experiences as Mao Tse Tung’s Great Leap Forward policy tightens its grip on China.
Recommended for ages 8-14
hardcover $16.99
Stories From The Silk Road - Paperback
The Spirit of the Silk Road is your guide as you journey through this book from Chang-an to Samarkand, following one of the arterial caravan routes of the silk traders. As you travel across treacherous deserts and through lonely mountain passes, you will learn about the importance of silk as a commodity, see some of the distinctive customs of the Central Asia people, and join in many storytelling sessions at starlit oases and campfires.
Recommended for ages 8-adult
paperback $12.99
Other books which contain stories from China among other stories are;
Animal Tales
Fabrics of a Fairytale
Fairy Tales
Forest of Stories
Princesses
Barefoot Books also sell puppets
Red dragon puppet $19.99
Red dragon hand puppet with workable front legs, mouth and tail;
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