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Children's Folk Tales
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Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel Publisher Comments Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo- chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo! Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Five Chinese Brothers (96 Edition) by Claire Huchet Bishop Publisher Comments The classic picture-story about five clever brothers, each with a different extraordinary ability, has been in print for over 50 years. "An original nonsense tale told with...spirit and gusto." -- The Horn... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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School for Princes: Stories from the Panchatantra by Jamila Gavin Synopsis How can a king knock some sense into his silly sons so that they grow up sensible young men? A wise man tells the king that he can do the job in six weeks. Every time one of the boys says or does something rash, the sage will put him back on the straight... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lady Hahn and Her Seven Friends by Yumi Heo Publisher Comments Lady Hahn is a seamstress, and her seven friends are the tools she uses to sew—Mrs. Ruler, Newlywed Scissors, Young Bride Needle, Young Bride Red Thread, Old Lady Thimble, Young Lady Flatiron, and Little Miss Iron. When Lady Hahns friends... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Moss Roberts Publisher Comments This fresh and elegant translation of 100 tales from 25 centuries of Chinese literature opens up a magical world far from our customary haunts. Illustrated with woodcuts.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Empty Pot by Demi Publisher Comments An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists."... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Stonecutter by Jon Muth Publisher Comments This adaptation of a Chinese folktale begins with a man's dissatisfaction with his life. Weary of being a stonecutter, he becomes many things in his quest for authority, each time finding that greater power lies elsewhere. Rooted in Taoist principles... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.98 Used - Hardcover
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Indonesian Fables of Feats and Fortunes (Asian Folktales Retold) by Kuniko Sugiura Publisher Comments This continuing HEIAN series is devoted to oral retellings of Asian childhood tales. Indonesian Fables of Feats and Fortunes tells about a mischievous small deer, a rooster that sings, and a battling baby water buffalo. Kuniko Sugiura lived in Indonesia,... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young Publisher Comments "Not for the faint-hearted, Lon Po Po (Grandmother Wold), is a tale of a menacing danger and courage....(Young's) command of page composition and his sensitive use of color give the book a visual force that matches the strength of the story and stands as... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Asian Tales and Tellers by Cathy Spagnoli Publisher Comments In this abundant and kaleidoscopic collection, Spagnoli includes stories from Japan, India, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Laos, Tibet, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Burma, and Nepal. After profiling modern Asian... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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King Pom and the Fox by Jessica Souhami Synopsis Li Ming looks so proud guarding his one pomegranate tree that people laughingly call him “King Pom.” But when he catches a big red fox stealing a pomegranate, the fox makes a deal with him — “Get me out of here and Ill make you rich!... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.48 Used - Hardcover
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Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales: Beloved Myths and Legends from the Middle Kingdom by Shelly Fu Publisher Comments Everyone is interested in China these days, and that includes kids. Tuttle Publishing's Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales is a wonderful collection of seven classic Chinese stories that make for great reading adventures. From the stories of Pan Gu and Nu Wo,... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Silver Charm by Robert D San Souci Synopsis As a little boy named Satsu plays with his best friends, a puppy and a fox cub, he wanders too near the edge of the forest, where a horrible ogre snatches him up. The ogre wants to eat him for supper, but Satsu trades his silver charm for his life... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Magic Fan by Keith Baker Publisher Comments When Yoshi, a remarkable young Japanese builder, runs out of ideas, a magic fan inspires him with new projects. It is only after losing the fan that Yoshi discovers he can depend on his own imagination after all. "Fan-shaped cutout pages are splendid... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm Publisher Comments These 73 fairy tales from ancient China have a distinctive Far Eastern glow about them. Some, like "The Lady of the Moon," are exquisitely poetic. Others, such as "The Kindly Magician," are filled with black magic. All will appeal to young and... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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I Am Tama, Lucky Cat: A Japanese Legend by Wendy Henrichs PW Review "Ceramic cats with one upraised paw, said to bring good luck and prosperity, are fixtures in Japanese storefronts. In her debut, Henrichs retells the traditional story of the cat's origin, in which a lordly stray befriends a monk in a temple, the monk... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Chinese Children's Favorite Stories (Children's Favorite Stories) by Mingmei Yip Publisher Comments This volume of beloved Chinese stories contains a delightful selection from the rich store of Chinese folklore and legend. Discover the many delightful animal characters as well as Chang-E, the famous Eight Immortals, and Guan Yin, goddess of compassion.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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Basho and the River Stones by Tom Myers Publisher Comments When a magical fox tricks the great Japanese poet Basho into giving up the cherries from his tree in exchange for river stones, Basho teaches the fox an important lesson about the things that have real value in life. This is a gorgeous companion to the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale by Lily Toy Hong Publisher Comments Mr. Haktak digs up a curious brass pot in his garden and decides to carry his coin purse in it. When Mrs. Haktak's hairpin slips into the pot, she reaches in and pulls out two coin purses and two hairpins--this is a magic pot!... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley Obrien Publisher Comments This graphic book captures the drama and pageantry of 16th-century Korea during the Chosun dynasty and pays tribute to the adventure story that became the first novel written in the Korean language.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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