New Releases by Janet S. Wong

"Our newest anthology, CLARA''S KOOKY COMPENDIUM OF THIMBLETHOUGHTS AND WONDERFUZZ, is a mashup of a poetry collection and junk journal fused with a graphic novel plus bonus weird and wonderful facts. It features 150+ poems by a variety of engaging, contemporary poets, plus embedded skill notes, fun cartoon art, tons of trivia, and an engaging story about a week in the life of Clara, her family, and friends at school and at play."--Amazon website.

PET CRAZY: A Poetry Friday Power Book is part poem storybook and part interactive writing coach, featuring twelve PowerPacks that use creative activities designed to get children thinking, drawing, reading, and writing about cats, dogs, lizards, rabbits, and more. Resources for children (as well as parents, teachers, and book club leaders) include Hidden Language Skills to sharpen language learning even further, recommended reading lists and websites, tips for reading aloud and writing, talking points, and places to publish.

This is the Korean-English bilingual paperback edition of the award-winning Lunar New Year classic. A young boy looks forward to the Lunar New Year, often called the Chinese or Korean New Year, a time of hopeand you don''t have to be Asian to celebrate it! Janet S. Wong''s spare, lyrical couplets voice a child''s determination to face the new year with courage and optimism. In Korean/English. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

An unpopular girl cheats on a math test when the most popular girl in school asks her to give her answers. Features graphic novel-style illustrations.

It takes time to settle into a house, to learn to love it right, to make it feel homegrown. After the boxes are unpacked and the books are shelved (alphabetically), all a young girl wants to do is settle into her house. Grandmom says that it takes time to learn to love a house right, and this young girl is determined for hers to become homegrown. E. B. Lewis’s warm, familial scenes pair with Janet S. Wong’s yearning text for an intergenerational story of wishes, dreams, and a true sense of home.

Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect.

A collection of poems that reflect the experiences of Asian Americans, particularly their family relationships.

There are a few things / about your best friend that you can only learn / when you see where he''s from. Minn knew / that Jake was from the city. But she didn''t know / that his grandmother was Korean. That he liked taking bubble baths. / That his brother, Soup, might be an eating champion. / That Jake was a cheater, and that he had a . . . / girlfriend?! There are some things / about your best friend that it''s better not / to know. Bouncing free verse and playful black-and-white illustrations combine to make this a charming follow-up to Minn and Jake. Minn and Jake''s Almost Terrible Summer is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children''s Book of the Year.

Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect.

A collection of poems composed to inspire different yoga poses.

Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.

A Chinese American child fears that the food her parents are preparing to sell on the Fourth of July will not be eaten.

In this counting book, a child and parent play hide-and-seek while they bake cookies.

Alex quits playing chess after losing a game to Uncle Hooya; but when other activities fail to satisfy him, he gives his favorite game another try by joining the chess club at school.

A collection of seventeen original poems about superstitions, including walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror, and knocking on wood.

You have to write! It''s a class assignment. But you have nothing to write about. All the other kids seem to have something to tell because they start in right away. What can you do? Stop and think. No one else can tell your stories -- about your family, your dog or cat. No one else can tell how it was when your library book got soaked in the rain. But what if you don''t like what you write? There are all sorts of ways to change it, to make it better. Keep on playing with your words, putting them together in different ways. You want whatever you write to be good. It will get better and better as you work on it. This is an encouraging book, sympathetically illustrated by Teresa Flavin''s charming pictures, for all young readers who worry when they''re told to write something.

A very tired and slightly grumpy Mommy falls asleep before baby at nap time. Full-color illustrations.

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Buzzzz! There goes the alarm clock! How many buzzes do you hear this morning?

A young girl and her mother travel to Korea to visit their extended family.

Thirty-six poems look at various aspects of driving, including passing the written driver''s test, being pulled over by a cop, and having an accident, and treat them as metaphors for life.

A collection of eighteen original poems about mothers and motherhood, including "Mother''s Heart, " "Old Mother Chung, " and "The Pilot."

Poems deal with the joys and sorrows of growing up Chinese American, and the prejudice which Chinese Americans sometimes face.