Thanks to Mr. Sidney Suo for his review below of the book To Live, by Yu Hua. Translation is by Sky Zhang, a grade 10 student. Among many award-winning Chinese authors Yu Hua was the first Chinese writer to receive James Joyce Award (2002). His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'book review'
Book Review: To Live, by Yu Hua
November 17th, 2011 · No Comments · General Topics, Secondary Topics
Tags: 2011-2012·book review·Chinese
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · General Topics
Grace Lin is the award-winning author and illustrator of The Year of The Dog and The Year of The Rat, as well as picture books such as The Ugly Vegetables and The Dim Sum for Everyone!. Her newest novel Where The Mountain Meets The Moon is one of this year’s Newbery Honor books, and is [...]
Tags: book review·Panda Books
Donation from Chan family
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · General Topics
We are delighted to add two books to our library collection: Once Upon a Bell Tree and A Little Grain of Rice, both by Theresa Lim Mun Sim. These have been graciously donated to IST by her grandchildren, Rachel and Eric Chan, who attend our school since 2008. Both books are memoirs from Ms. Sim’s [...]
Tags: 2009-10·book review
