Hu Wan and the sleeping dragon by Young, Judy 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 974456 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 810

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Farm life - China - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Gourds - Fiction Crickets as pets - Fiction Kings and rulers - Fiction China - History|yMing dynasty, 1368-1644 - Fiction

Summary: In 1572 Beijing, when a nine-year-old boy is named Emperor of China, Hu Wan offers the gift of a cricket cage carved from a gourd he and his grandfather grew.

Vine basket by La Valley, Josanne 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)

BTSB #: 536766 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5 MG RC: 4.5 6-8 Lexile: 740 F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Basket making - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Farm life - China - Fiction Ethnic relations - Fiction Uighur (Turkic people) - Fiction China - Fiction

Summary: Life has been hard for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul, a member of the Uyghur tribal group scorned by the Chinese communist regime, so when an American offers to buy all the baskets she can make in three weeks, Mehrigul strives for a better future for herself and her family despite her father's opposition.