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It all starts with a sneeze! Katie Woo catches the flu. She feels yucky and has to miss a few days of school. Will she ever feel like herself again?

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!

This joyful and lyrical audiobook from New York Times bestselling author Eva Chen and illustrator Sophie Diao is a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children.
What do you see when you look in the mirror, Mei? Do you see beauty?
We see eyes that point toward the sun, that give us the warmth and joy

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Hi! I'm Katie Woo. My teacher Miss Winkle asked us to write a thank you letter to a special classroom visitor. Well, once I got started writing letters, I didn't want to stop. From the greeting to the signature, writing letters is the best. Write your own and brighten someone's day. I'll show you how!

It's easy to appreciate a garden exploding with colorful flowers and fragrances, but what do you do with a patch of ugly vegetables? Author/illustrator Grace Lin recalls such a garden in this charming and eloquent story.The neighbors' gardens look so much prettier and so much more inviting to the young gardener than the garden of "black-purple-green vines, fuzzy wrinkled leaves, prickly stems, and a few little yellow flowers" that she and her mother

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A little girl's neighborhood becomes a discovery ground of things round, square and rectangular. Many of the objects are Asian in origin, other universal: round rice bowls and a found pebble, square dim sum and pizza boxes, rectangular Chinese lace and very special pencil case. Bright art accompanies this lively introduction to shapes and short glossary explains the cultural significance of the objects featured in the book. Perfect for read-alouds...

Hi! I'm Katie Woo. I decided to write a research paper about butterflies for school. You won't believe all the things I learned when I started reading about butterflies. My report was full of facts. Maybe you want to write your own research paper. Follow my steps and you're on your way!