All Across China [Paperback]

Ellen Weisberg (Author), Ken Yoffe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 3, 2009

Reviews
"All Across China" is one of the first children's books that Chipmunkapublishing has published and is proud to call its own. This book was the result of the input of several knowledgeable people, including two Asian Americans and one Asian family member of the authors' who currently lives in Guangxi Province. In addition, the book is presently being translated into Chinese for distribution in China by an Asian professor at Beijing University, who is in assocation with Five College Center for East Asia Studies."
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I have to tell you - I LOVED that book!! I added it to the library, but it took everything in me!! I SO wanted to keep a copy for our daughters! What a wonderful treasure - I plan to blog on it this week!
We received your beautiful books today...Thank you so much. Our staff and children will really enjoy them!
Thank you for the copies of your fun and educational books. I found them to be informative, colorful, and an exciting way to learn about the countries of China and Canada.
Thank you immensely for the complimentary copy of "All Across China" and "All Across Canada". We are quite pleased to put them into circulation.
Thank you for the books - they arrived in the post today. All across China is very informative and simply presented which will appeal to quite a large age range. The format in all the books is nice and easy for children and parents to use. Well done!
Thank you so very much for the wonderful books! I am happy to report that the State of Virginia is going to be changing the social studies curriculum for 5th grade within a year or so to include a concentration on geography, which is a wonderful addition to the curriculum. Therefore, these books on China and Canada will be great resources not only for the China unit that 2nd graders do, but also for any student researching other countries or geography! Thank you again for your generosity, on behalf of our students and teachers!
I am an FCC mom. Your book looks great! I am trying to decide when to bring L back to China -- at 6 or 7. Your book will help get ready!
Thank you for the books you sent. It was interesting to read about our daughter's birth place, Kunming (Yunnan Province). We hope to visit the Stone Forest when we travel back there for a heritage tour. After thumbing through the "all Across Canada" book and finding a few interesting details that I didn't know, I plan on reading that one to my son and daughter too.
Description
The third book in an exciting new Children's Geography series, "All Across China," provides a tour of China's 34 provinces, municipalities, and other regions. As with "Friends and Mates in Fifty States"(Galde Press) and "All Across Canada" (Chipmunkapublishing), Ellen Weisberg, Ph.D. and Ken Yoffe, M.D. once again provide an entertaining and educational way for the whole family to learn about one of the world's most important and interesting countries. Using the mnemonic devices of clever rhymes and naming characters after the provincial capitals, "All Across China" also includes endless fun facts and charming artwork to answer such questions as: --Where are the Terracotta Warriors? --What do they mean by Sichuan, Hunan, and Cantonese food? --Where can one see the Great Wall of China? --What do Xi, Dong, Bei, and Nan mean? China is the world's fourth largest country and, with over a billion people, has the largest population. It is full of breathtaking mountains and rivers, fascinating animals and crops, and many different cultures and languages. Join Cai, Na, Ning, Song, and dozens of their friends on a trip All Across China!

Product Details

• Paperback: 84 pages
• Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing (March 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847478468
• ISBN-13: 978-1847478467
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,493,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A starting book for knowing China, December 21, 2009

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Guifang Cai "max kat" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Across China (Paperback)

I was impressed with the detailed information about all the provinces in China. It is a very simple book to start with if you are interested in knowing China. My kids loved to read it and we even played some games of the geography.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent geography book about China!, December 20, 2009

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J. Jiang - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Across China (Paperback)

I am from China and a colleague of the author (Ellen), and I read the whole book before it got published. The only input I have is that the whole book is very educational, and includes so much information for people of almost every age, from kids to adults. I love those characters- They were fun and cute. As a matter of fact, I was really touched when Ellen told me that she was going to write a geography book about China, just like she did for Friends and Mates in Fifty States, and All Across Canada. And I was so amazed to see that the book came out in such a fantastic way, and how much time and effort was needed to put in! Thank you very much, Ellen!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book, December 16, 2009

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Frank Williams (Dracut, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Across China (Paperback)

I recently came across this gem of a book while I was doing research about Chinese geography due to job implications, and I have to say that despite it being technically a "children's" book I found it both informational and delightful to both read and look at. The illustrations, in particular, are fantastic, and I must say that I completely disagree with another reviewer who has indicted this book as somehow reinforcing decades-old ethnic stereotypes that no rational human being, child or not, would arrive at or be influenced by. Can we get over the hypersensitive politically-correct nonsense, folks? I would not only recommend this book to savvy parents who'd like their children to have a better understanding of the geography and culture of a country that is intricately linked to the United States both economically and politically, but to adults as well. You don't have to walk much more than 5 feet in any direction no matter where you are to find something that says "made in China" on the back of it, and this book is a fine and simple introduction to the complex diversity of a powerful nation that most Americans think of as "over there" and having nothing to do with us, when in fact it is so important to our economic livelihood that we'd be foolish not to raise our children to be better informed about it.
I'd also like to underscore that the illustrations in the book are caricatures, which by definition aren't meant to be exact replications of physical features. With regard to stereotypes, it is a simple fact that Chinese human beings look different than caucasian human beings, and no amount of political correctness in speech or illustration is going to change that. What next? An illustrated book about China where half the population has blonde hair?
This is a great little book.