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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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Grandfather Twilight P
by Barbara Berger Publisher Comments Young children will be reassured by the gentle, glowing figure of Grandfather Twilight, whose nightly walk through the woods signals the onset of night and whose special task each evening is to place the moon in the sky. Perfect for bedtime sharing, the...
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The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching
by Demi Publisher Comments THIS IS THE LEGEND OF LAO TZU, "who may or may not have been born; who may or may not have founded Taoism, on of the greatest religions in the world; and who may or may not have written one of the greatest books of wisdom in the world: the Tao Te Ching,...
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The Paper Dragon
by Marguerite W. Davol and Robert Sabuda Publisher Comments Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Between each day's sunrise and sunset, he paints scenes of the gods and their festivals' portraits of heroes and their deeds. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded...
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Tikki Tikki Tembo
by Arlene Mosel Publisher Comments When an eldest son fell into a well and too much time was spent trying to pronounce his name instead of being spent in getting help, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names....
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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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Three Samurai Cats
by Eric A Kimmel Publisher Comments In this energetic story set in medieval Japan, a nasty rat has invaded the castle of a canine lord, and it will take a trio of fighting samurai cats before he's defeated. Humorous, finely detailed pen-and-ink illustrations bring this timeless tale to...
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The Umbrella Queen
by Shirin Yim Bridges Publisher Comments When Noot is finally allowed to paint umbrellas like the other women and girls in her village, she secretly hopes that she might be chosen as this year's Umbrella Queen. Carefully, she creates serene flowers and butterflies exactly as she has seen her...
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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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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 Empty Pot
by Demi
Publisher Comments An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists."...
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Tales of a Chinese Grandmother
by Frances Carpenter Publisher Comments A wonderful collection of traditional folktales from China, Tales of A Chinese Grandmother presents thirty short stories that are perfect to read aloud at bedtime. The tales, told by the character Lao-lao, the wizened grandmother of the nineteenth...
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Twenty Heartbeats (Neal Porter Books)
by Dennis Haseley Publisher Comments A SIMPLE STORY LAYERED WITH MEANING; stunning layered artwork by an acknowledged master. A wealthy Chinese man dreamt of a painting of his favorite horse. He sought out a man named Homan, known as a great painter of horses and commissioned the portrait...
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The Greatest Power
by Demi Publisher Comments Emperor Ping, the boy emperor known for his love of harmony, sets a challenge to the children of his kingdom: show him the greatest power in the world. "To know the greatest power in the world is to know the greatest peace," Emperor Ping announces...
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Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem about China
by Ed Young Publisher Comments Ed Young's spare prose, as lovely as a rice-paper painting, describes in measured detail the beautiful and mystical land that the author so clearly loves. The unique format and gorgeous paper-collage illustrations, highlighted with Chinese characters...
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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....
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Grandfather Tang's Story
by Ann Tompert Publisher Comments Illus. in full color. "Drawing on a Chinese form of storytelling with seven shapes cut from a square of paper, Tompert recounts the tale of two fox fairies. Parker's pen-and-watercolor art adds drama, while the tangram insets will motivate children to...
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The Warlord's Messenger
by Virginia Pilegard Publisher Comments In ancient china, Chuan and Jing Jing invent a boat that sails on land. Using their math skills, ingenuity, and the wind, the children reach a warlord's camp and encourage him to use their sailing cart to travel to the emperor's banquet. Includes...
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