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.

Rise of the green flame [Kwame's Magic Quest Volume: 1]by Mensah, Bernard 

BTSB Prebound(Branches, 2024)

BTSB #: 637681 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Gourds - Fiction Good and evil - Fiction School stories Friendship - Fiction Ghana - Fiction

Summary: Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his power is revealed.