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Staging Dunhuang Mogao Caves: Treasures from along the Silk Road
Historically a frontier metropolis, Dunhuang was a strategic site along the Silk Road in northwestern China, a crossroads of trade, and a locus for religious, cultural, and intellectual influences since the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.). The 492…
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In the Beautiful Country
Anna is excited to move from Taiwan to America, known as "the beautiful country," in this novel in verse. But that excitement is challenged by her difficulty in making friends—exacerbated by the "smelly" foods she brings to school—and understanding a…
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Let's Do Everything and Nothing
Surrounded by shades of peaceful blue punctuated by radiating reds and yellows, the relationship of a mother and daughter is portrayed against a backdrop of limitless sky, adventurous seas, and sweet domesticity. The mother and daughter’s warmth and…
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Girl in Translation
This book has won the 2010 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Young Adult Books).
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Integrating Immersive Experiences to Instruction through BreakoutEDU: Lessons Learned
This study employed an escape room motif to engage students to use information literacy course material to solve puzzles. Students practiced research techniques in a classroom environment that bypassed their expectations of traditional course…
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Engaging communities through conversations
In 2015, The American Library Association (ALA) partnered with The Harwood institute for Public Innovation to offer the Public Innovators Lab for Libraries. By serving as a public innovator and having a better understanding of our communities, we not…
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The Best Kind of Mooncake
When a stranger from a faraway land arrives hungry, a child's mother gives him their precious double yolk mooncake. This act of kindness prompts other…