New Releases by Janet S. Wong

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.

"In this book you''ll find 248 poems about science, technology, engineering, math-- and all your favorite topics! If you like learning about animals, machines, Earth and space, famous scientists, science projects, and how things work...you''ll find a ton of poems to inspire you. Read about being a citizen scientist, an inventor, an engineer, a video game programmer, and astronaut & more!"--

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.

Would you cheat to be popular? That’s the question, Jenna Lee is faced with in this part middle grade coming-of-age part graphic novel that explores the complicating circumstances that come with growing up. Rolly Maloo, is popular and smart, but not as smart as Jenna Lee, and she worries that she won’t earn a spot in the annual math competition. When Rolly approaches Jenna, Jenna thinks it may be too good to be true, but it is not until Jenna is asked to help Rolly cheat on a test that Jenna’s suspicions are confirmed. Wong writes in the alternating voices of Jenna and Rolly, as well as their classmates, teachers, and parents, allowing readers to see all sides of the dilemma. Buttler’s frequent black and white, graphic-novel-style artwork is emotive and lively, bringing depth to the characters as well as to their reactions. A thoughtful and heartfelt exploration of the issues of cheating, popularity, and integrity that all kids face along the way.

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.

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.

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

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.

Sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, always sensitive, these poems about mothers and children are meant to be enjoyed by young and old alike. Full color.

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.

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

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

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

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

Publisher Description

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.

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