Best New Books for Moms with Children Adopted from China

Best New Books for Moms with Children from China

Here is a roundup of books published within the last year--a mom who moved her family to China for a year, a food critic who undertook being a chef in various restaurants from small noodle stands to fancy cuisine, a haunting story of a girl who loses her Chinese family, and an account of a family that stayed in China for several years.

All good writers, all sharing their stories. Best Books for Moms with Children from China

Books to Get for Mother's Day--Families with Children From China

Serve the People by Jen Lin-Liu

For any mom who loves food! This book chronicles Lin-Liu's exploration of Chinese culinary traditions, which she went about in a unique way. After writing articles as a food critic for several years, she decided to go to a cooking school, and then intern at several restaurants.

She includes lots of interesting insights into the culture and the food, as well as including many recipes which look entirely doable. They would make some really nice mother-daughter projects, cooking authentic Chinese food.

Monkey King Shape Face. Printable template on site.

Make this little Monkey King face with a printable template from this site Kid Crafts for Year of the Monkey

Printable Year of the Monkey Greeting Card--Chinese New Year

This graphic is blank at the top for a reason: it's a template for a Year of the Monkey greeting card. You can either print it out the way it is--hand-colored--or, the site has templates for making the monkey and also the template to color. A quick, easy craft to do with kids for Chinese New Year.

Year of the Monkey Crafts: Printable Monkey King Puppets

2016 is the Year of the Monkey.Check this link for these cool shadow puppets of the Monkey King.  Kid Crafts for Year of the Monkey There are all kinds of quick, easy craft ideas that are printable. Just print out an easy monkey lantern or coloring sheet, and go.

Make a monkey face out of shapes for the Year of the Monkey--Chinese New Year

A few circles, an oval, and a heart--that's all in takes to make a monkey face. You can put it on cards or on a bookmark. Click the link for a pattern and instructions Kids Crafts Year of the Monkey

Printable pattern for monkey papercut Year of the Monkey -- Chinese New Year

Year of the Monkey Crafts

This little guy is super easy to cut out for a decoration for Year of the Monkey, Click the link for lots of printables.

If You Want to Make Some Easy Lanterns for Year of the Monkey

http://hubpages.com/holidays/Kid-Crafts-for-Year-of-the-Monkey-Chinese-New-Year-Art-Projects-and-Free-PrintablesKid Crafts for Year of the Monkey -- Printables
These lanterns are super easy and fast. Just print out the template, let the kids color it, and show them how to accordion-fold the paper so that they look like the pleats in a paper lantern. Lots of fun!

Crafts for Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey

This year, 2016, is the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac. Click on the link to find all kinds of crafts, including a coloring page of the image you see above. Kids Crafts for Year of the Monkey

Best Books and Films for Families with Children from China

Books, Panda Items & Other Favorites

Permit me to stray a little off-topic here (although Freegal does have a pretty wide selection of Chinese traditional music as well as pop music--C-Pop they call it.)

My husband & I decided to adopt a girl from China 14 years ago, and since then I've read everything I could about China--histories, novels, memoirs. This site lists the best things I've found, all the way from picture books for the little ones to steampunk novels for teens. I have quite a few things geared towards moms & dads, too.

So, if you know anyone with children from China, these books & DVD's (I've thrown in a few cute panda items & other things, too) would make great gift ideas.