Meet Our New Student From Malaysia

A new student from Malaysia is joining Lucy’s third-grade class and everyone is curious. They want to know everything about Malaysia! Read about this country in Southeast Asia, with its long history of spice traders, sultans, and pirates. Its capital city of Kuala Lumpur, which began as a tin mining town, is now a modern city with the tallest skyscrapers in the world. Find out about the three main cultures of Malaysia: the Bumiputra, whose ancestors lived on the land that became Malaysia; the Chinese Malaysians; and Indian Malaysians, who practice Hinduism. Then join Lucy and her class in preparing a traditional Malaysian dish of sticky rice with mango as they welcome a New Student from Malaysia. Selamat datang!