I have a problem and need advice. My students are doing biography book reports. They all get to choose who they do, but they have to be dead (this is my attempt to get them not to do a Detroit Pistons player, American Idol contestant, or George W. Bush; Reagan is now fair game, though. Damn!). One of my students really wants to do hers on a famous Asian or Asian American. I'm all for it, of course, BUT - I cannot find a single kids' biography book about a non-living person from any part of Asia! I've scoured online resources and my library's catalogue. Anyone have an idea or know something I don't? I hate that I have to tell her no, sorry, there is NO ONE from Asian history who is important enough for someone to have written a book about... I may just lift the "has to be dead" requirement and suggest Maya Lin, because there's a book about her...
Maybe this suggests a writing project for me!
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How about Bruce Lee?!
http://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Lee-They-Died-Young/dp/0791046354
xo Jen
omg that is horrible! seriously, you should write biographies for kids. that's a great idea. i'm trying to picture the kids' bios at wcf. it's been too long, i guess. i would've known at some point. memory is the tax, my friend. memory, the tax.
How about Confucius, Su Dongpo, Xu De Yuan (Empress of China)? All random books I found on amazon.com. Don't know if any of them would be appropriate, but...
This shouldn't be this hard!
THANKS, ladies! You rule, both individually and collectively. Also literally and figuratively (I've seen each of you use a ruler with skill). I looked some of these ideas up and am on my way to the library now. Yes, NOW! xx oo
omg, deborah thinks she's so cool.
Well, you know, I have my street cred as a librarian to maintain.
http://www.leeandlow.com/books/sixteen.html
sammy lee! - andrew
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