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In ancient china, Chuan and Jing Jing invent a boat that sails on land. Using their math skills, ingenuity, and the wind, the children reach a warlord's camp and encourage him to use their sailing cart to travel to the emperor's banquet. Includes directions for making a windsock.

In this fifth book of the acclaimed Warlords series, Chuan and his friend Jing Jing defend the warlord's palace from an invading army when Chuan uses his knowledge of calculating to frighten the troops into leaving. Full color.

Chuan and Jing Jing use their mathematical skills to ensure that the warlord wakes up on time. They are traveling to the emperor's palace, and they can only sleep for four hours before resuming their journey in order to arrive as the emperor's gates open. How will they wake up? There are no clocks at the inn where they are staying, so they must create their own alarm clock. Chuan and Jing Jing create a simplified Chinese water clock and awaken...

Clever young Chuan comes to the rescue of his father and in the process invents the abacus. Illustrations.

A young peasant boy convinces his father to enter a contest to solve the warlord's puzzle--wich is actually the original tangram. This is the first title in a series of chidlren's picture books that uses ancient Chinese inventions to teach principles of math and science.

One day when the warlord is away, traders come and abduct Chuan from the palace, only to become lost in the vast desert of ancient China. Young readers will delight in finding out how Chuan's carved wooden fish works as a compass and saves the day. 31 full-color illustrations.

Designed to teach youngsters mathematical concepts, this picture book series set in ancient China continues as Chuan, now an artist's apprentice, meets a troupe of puppeteers and learns about proportion. Full color.