Chinese Family

The ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius compared children to tender sprouts, shaped by soil, sunlight, water, and, importantly, the efforts of patient farmers and gardeners. At times, children require our protection, other times we must take a step back and allow them to grow. A practical parenting manual, philosophical reflection on the relationship between parent and child, and necessary response to modern stereotypes of Eastern parenting, Little Sprouts and the Dao of Parenting reconsiders cultural definitions of success....

妈妈怀胎十月，爸爸也不能闲着。爸爸应该了解孕前、孕期、分娩等阶段不同的相关知识和准备工作……媽媽懷胎十月，爸爸也不能閒著。爸爸應該了解孕前、孕期、分娩等階段不同的相關知識和準備工作……

In this first-ever translation of Lu Yao’s Life, we meet Gao Jialin, a stubborn, idealistic, and ambitious young man from a small country village whose life is upended when corrupt local politics cost him his beloved job as a schoolteacher, prompting him to reject rural life and try to make it in the big city. Against the vivid, gritty backdrop of 1980s China, Lu Yao traces the proud and passionate Gao Jialin’s difficult path to professional, romantic, and personal fulfillment - or at least hard-won acceptance.

If you're Irish American or African American or Eastern European Jewish American, there's a rich literature to give you a sense of your family's arrival-in-America story. Until now, that hasn't been the case for Chinese Americans. From noted historian Mae Ngai, The Lucky Ones uncovers the three-generational saga of the Tape family. It's a sweeping story centered on patriarch Jeu Dips' (Joseph Tapes') self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco, and the extraordinary rise it enables.

Get ready to cook a mouthwatering assortment of delicious Chinese recipes for any meal. The Essential Kitchen Series delivers a wonderful collection of unique recipes in one quick purchase. You'll get an assortment of Chinese recipes that can easily be made at home. They're all here in one fantastic bundle. Enjoy a host of recipes that will simplify meal planning, save you time, and help you enjoy something delicious. Chinese food has never been so easy to prepare.

On September 15, 1924, Martha Lum and her older sister Berda were barred from attending middle school in Rosedale, Mississippi. The girls were Chinese American and considered by the school to be “colored”; the school was for whites. This event would lead to the first US Supreme Court case to challenge the constitutionality of racial segregation in Southern public schools, an astonishing thirty years before the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.Brown v. Board of Education decision.

This is the abridged version of the trilogy The Torrents: Family, Spring, and Autumn, masterpieces of Ba Jin, one of the greatest writers of modern Chinese literature. The trilogy recounts the decline of a large feudal family following the May Fourth Movement of 1919. The abridged version of 30,000 words for each title, approximately 1/10 of each of the original, can be listened to by elementary-level students of Chinese with a 2,000-word vocabulary or can be used as an aid to reading the original.

This is the audiobook version of the book. The print book has two versions. One version is marked with Pinyin and the other without Pinyin. Please select the version that best suits your need.

This album is the first series of audio stories in the "Stories of Hundred Family Surnames" series. The content mainly tells the historical origins and character stories of Chinese surnames such as Zhao, Qian, Sun and Li.

Asta Fung is sixteen and sulky. Her parents have moved the whole family to take over the Yau Sum takeaway in another town so Grandpa Charlie can be closer to the big hospital. She's had to give up her dog, her friends, her familiar teenage life. All too soon, she has to give up Grandpa Charlie too. What was the point? When the builder's son, Josh, hands her a bundle of love letters he found under the floorboards, Asta realises they were hidden there by Grandpa Charlie as a young man.

It is the second series of audio stories of "Stories of Hundred Family Surnames". The content mainly tells the historical origins and character stories of Chinese surnames such as Du, Ruan, LAN and Min.

Seventh grader Freya June Sun has always believed in the Chinese superstitions spoon-fed to her since birth—but ever since her dad’s death a year ago, she’s become obsessed, believing that her father is sending her messages through signs from the beyond. Like how, on her way to an orchestra concert where she’s dreading her viola solo, a pair of lucky red birds appear, a sure indication that Dad wants Freya to stick with the instrument and make him proud.

Eleven-year-old Danny’s life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother comes to live with his family in England. Things get worse when Danny finds out he’ll have to share his room with her, and she took the top bunk! At first, Danny is frustrated that he can’t communicate with her because she doesn’t speak English—and because he’s on the verge of failing math and Nai Nai was actually a math champion back in the day. It just feels like he and his grandmother have nothing in common.

Classical Chinese poetry is the crown jewels of ancient Chinese literature. For thousands of years, these classical poems have touched countless hearts and will continue doing so for years to come. For anyone who is learning Chinese, classical Chinese poetry serves as a pathway to true understanding of Chinese culture. Find 50 carefully selected ancient Chinese poems that is classical and essential and still easy to understand. Many of them are selected from the collection of 300 Tang Dynasty poems. Enjoy listening and reciting these poems with your children!

每个人都曾为人子女，每个人大都会为人父母。为了孩子，我们应该重新审视自己：作为父母，我们够格吗？……每個人都曾為人子女，每個人大都會為人父母。為了孩子，我們應該重新審視自己：作為父母，我們夠格嗎？

中国普遍存在父教缺失的现象。“教育孩子是他妈的事，我就管挣钱！”这就是当代中国父教缺失的最好代表。……中國普遍存在父教缺失的現象。「教育孩子是他媽的事，我就管掙錢！」這就是當代中國父教缺失的最好代表。

给孩子自由的空间，让孩子学会自立。身为父母，在要求孩子好好学习时，你为孩子做出好学、爱学的表率了吗？……給孩子自由的空間，讓孩子學會自立。身為父母，在要求孩子好好學習時，你為孩子做出好學、愛學的表率了嗎？

家长只有充分的了解孩子的话语，掌握和孩子正确沟通的方法，真正走进孩子们的世界，才能打破孩子和大人之间无形的那堵墙……家長只有充分的了解孩子的話語，掌握和孩子正確溝通的方法，真正走進孩子們的世界，才能打破孩子和大人之間無形的那堵牆……

Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York's Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (America-born Chinese), Charlie's entire world has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives in the same tiny apartment with her widower father and her 11-year-old sister, and works - miserably - as a dishwasher. But when she lands a job as a receptionist at a ballroom dance studio, Charlie gains access to a world she hardly knew exis.

Critically acclaimed author Gish Jen is a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee and the person John Updike proclaimed as the young novelist most likely to become his successor. In The Love Wife, Jen poignantly explores the explosive dynamics of a mixed-race modern family.