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Tales from China (Oxford Myths and Legends)
by Cyril Birch  Publisher Comments This collection of Chinese stories begins with the great legends of how Earth and Heaven came into being, and of how the archer Yi rid the Emperor Yao of the menace of the ten suns. Engrossing folk tales about ghosts and rainmakers, poor students and...
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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...
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The Funny Little Woman
by Arlene Mosel 
Publisher Comments In this tale set in Old Japan, a lively little woman who loves to laugh pursues her runaway dumpling-and must outwit the wicked three-eyed oni when she lands in their clutches....
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Lon Po Po
by Ed Young
Publisher Comments Award-winning artist Ed Young illustrates, with characteristic flair and energy, the ancient Chinese version of the favorite fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood". Young's vibrant, yet delicate, pastels and watercolors add drama to the deftly translated...
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Five Chinese Brothers (96 Edition)
by Bishop Publisher Comments The classic story about five clever brothers, each with a different extraordinary ability is "a dramatic retelling of an old Chinese tale." (The New York Public Library)." . . . when Bishop makes the tall brother stretch, the sea-swallower work, or the...
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Seven Blind Mice
by Ed Young Publisher Comments Based on a classic Indian tale, Ed Young's beautifully rendered, Caldecott Honor-winning version is a treasure kids will enjoy again and again. Full color ....
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The Magic Pillow
by Demi Publisher Comments Based on a famous Chinese folktale, The Magic Pillow tells the story of a poor boy named Ping who is given a magic pillow by a mysterious magician. Ping sees what a lifetime of wealth and power would be like, and discovers that the riches of family and...
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Under the Cherry Blossom Tree: An Old Japanese Tale
by Allen Say Publisher Comments Caldecott medalist Say ("Grandfather's Journey") retells this favorite joke in Japan about a wicked, miserly landlord who swallows a cherry pit, and brings the tale to life with beautiful drawings. Illustrations....
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The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
by Lafcadio Hearn Publisher Comments Eleven engaging, excellently translated tales of talking tea kettles, a monstrous goblin-spider, miniature warriors and other fanciful creatures. 21 original illustrations by Yuko Green....
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Tikki Tikki Tembo (Owlet Book)
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...
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The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story
by Judy Sierra Publisher Comments In the Spice Islands, where clove and nutmeg trees grow, a girl named Damura lived long ago. Damura is a beautiful girl, as kind and lovely as the little green parrot that perches on the nutmeg tree. But Damura's stepmother and stepsister mistreat her...
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Indian Tales
by Shenaz Nanji Publisher Comments The stories you will find here come from all over the Indian subcontinent. Magical spirits in the mountains of the northeast, sneaky robbers and brave heroines in the heart of the Indus Valley; action and adventure in the far south, and much, much more!...
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Korean Children's Favorite Stories
by Kim So-un About the Author Kimie Tada graduated from Rikkyo University (Tokyo) with a degree in English Literature. She was editor-in-chief of Confort, a Japanese interior design magazine, and now runs an editorial company she established in 2000....
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The Empty Pot
by Demi
Publisher Comments An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists."...
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Yeh-Shen (Paperstar Book)
by Ai Ling Louie Publisher Comments "A misty dreamlike air. A worthwhile addition to picture-book collections".-- Booklist. A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award Winner. An ALA Notable Children's Book. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. An IRA Children's Choice. An IRA Teachers'...
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The Magical Monkey King
by Youshan Tang Ji-li Jiang Publisher Comments I am Stone Monkey, born of Heaven and Earth, he said. I'm so brave, I'll do anything. Bragging Bragging the other monkeys jeered. Monkey did not say a word. He just laughed then he jumped. He jumped higher than the highest trees in the forest...
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Japanese Children's Favorite Stories #02: Japanese Children's Favorite Stories
by Yoshio Hayashi Publisher Comments Follows from our classic and immensely popular Japanese Children's Favorite...
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Two Frogs in Trouble: Based on a Fable Told by Paramahansa Yogananda
by Natalie Yogan Hale Publisher Comments A charming illustrated children's book based on a fable told by Paramahansa Yogananda.<P>Two frogs fall into a vat of milk and find themselves in a world of trouble. At first, the larger frog would seem to have the advantage, but the smaller frog...
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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...
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King Pom and the Fox
by Matthea Harvey Publisher Comments 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 I’ll make...
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