Every child knows this story -- now you can read it to your child in Chinese too! It's never easy going on a bear hunt, as five prospective hunters soon find out. Four children and their Dad set out, fearlessly, on a beautiful day, to find a bear. They cross a...
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The "Three Billy Goats Gruff" is part of the World Tales Series of well-loved folktales (don't you remember this story from your childhood?). As the story goes, there were three billy goats that needed to cross a bridge to get to the fresher, greener...
Story of Monkey King when he gets invited to Heaven (Chinese) and creates Havoc. This second in the Monkey King series tells of Monkey's adventures in Heaven. The irrepressible Monkey is a hit with children because of his mischievous nature and his magic powers....
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For centuries, action-packed tales about the Monkey King circulated, recounting his rise to power, his cosmic mischief, and his final role as one of the holy monk's companions. In the 16th century, poet and civil servant Wu Cheng'en organized the Monkey...
Shepard retells a popular story in Chinese opera, the tale of Lady White Snake, a serpent that becomes a human woman for love, only to be betrayed by her spouse. Richly patterned images that call up Chinese and Japanese sources, as well as impressionism, bring this...
No brocades are more lovely or lifelike than the ones the widow weaves to sell at the marketplace. One day she returns home with a marvelous painting of a fairy palace, and her son Chen suggests that she weave the image as a brocade. Devoting all her loving skill,...
This is a Chinese expression that parents use when children try to avoid chores. Ye's original story depicts the way the expression might have originated. A young monk, who lives a "simple and peaceful life," has one daily task that irks him: he hates to haul two...
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This striking picture book, illustrated with intricately designed Chinese-style paper-cuts, includes five proverbial stories--"The Lazy Farmer," "The Crane and the Clam," "The Musician and the Water Buffalo," "An Old Horse," and "The Dragon Lover." Each tale is...
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This Chinese version of the Cinderella fairytale is believed to be even older than the earliest European story, actually dating back to 9 BC! Beautifully illustrated, it’s a great way to show that not every “Cinderella” has a pumpkin coach and glass...
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The subtitle says all: A dragon ambushes a poor farmer and promises to eat the unfortunate man unless one of the farmer's seven daughters marries him. Six daughters run away in fear, but Seven can't bear to see her father suffer and consents to marry the dragon....
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A test to grow a plant is given by the Chinese Emperor to determine whom he will choose as the heir to the throne, but Ping, unable to make his seed grow, submits an empty pot to the Chinese Emperor and gets surprisingly happy results. Reprint. SLJ. PW. K. "A...
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This book tells the traditional Chinese folk tale of a Mouse leader who has to choose a husband for his daughter. "Are you the strongest in the world?" the mouse leader asks the Sun, the Cloud, the Wind and the Wall as he searches for the mightiest husband...