“There are heirlooms and then there’s jade,” said the jewelry designer Bliss Lau, who created this black jade bracelet after giving birth to her daughter, Soa, in 2018.

The Jade Bracelet Hà Dinh, illus. by Yong Ling Kang. Random House Studio, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-5937-1178-1 ...

Jade bracelet seller and Myanmar native Kyaw Naing is smiling even though business hasn’t been great, because after two years of lockdowns, he can at least set up at again the Jiegao jade market.

When I was growing up, my grandmother’s wrist was always adorned with a thick jade bracelet, its smooth, cool-green surface prominent against her skin. At some point, my mother followed suit, ...