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While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
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Join author and photographer Richard Sobol as he picks up his camera once more and travels to a small village in Thailand for an in-depth exploration of the story of silk and the labor-intensive process of making it. From nurturing the silkworms to weaving the fabric and photographing the children as they proudly model the finished product, this first-person narrative, illustrated with richly detailed photographs, chronicles the amazing process of...
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Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment was destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins...
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A young Chinese princess is sent from her father's kingdom to marry the king of a far-off land. She must leave behind her home of splendors: sour plums and pink peach petals and -- most precious and secret of all -- the small silkworm. She begs her father to let her stay, but he insists that she go and fulfill her destiny as the queen of Khotan.
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Readers will follow Sophie the silkworm as she spins the story of her magnificent metamorphosis. Sophie's character is at once whimsical and relatable, sparking readers' interest about her life cycle and role in her ecosystem. Information-rich text and accessible language introduce readers to a silkworm's life stages, as corresponding photographs help readers visualize the process. Readers will delight in Sophie's story of trying to prove how important...
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"In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years"--
9) Silkworms
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Describes the physical characteristics, habits and stages of development of silkworms, as well as how they are raised to produce silk.
10) Silkworms
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An introduction to the domesticated silkworm moth, raised on farms in Japan and elsewhere for the sake of the silk thread out of which its cocoons are constructed.
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Little Mo's friends came to celebrate her birthday. Little Mo was waiting anxiously for a beautiful gift from her mom and dad, but she was very disappointed when she got a box of ugly caterpillars. Although her parents tried to explain to her that these were the silkworms that could spew out silk thread, used for making clothes, Little Mo refused to listen. She ran out with sadness. Little Mo's friends wanted to cheer her up, so they took her to explore...
18) Seidenbau
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Chromolithograph on white paper with a central rectangle-within-a-rectangle depicting three attendants in a silkworm raising room. Images of the moth's life cycle, mature mulberry leaves, and techniques for pruning the mulberry trees on which the moths feed, fill the top, right and left of the outer rectangle. Stages of habitat construction for raising silkworms are shown at bottom center. The text of the instructions, keyed to the images, fills the...
20) Dragons of silk
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Golden mountain chronicles volume 10
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Four generations of Chinese and Chinese-American girls, beginning in 1835, are tied together by the tradition of raising silkworms and the legacy of the legendary Weaving Maid.
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