Compare Tales Of A Chinese Grandmother by Frances Carpenter, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

This illustrated multicultural children's book presents classic Chinese fairy tales and other folklore-providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture. Chinese folktale tradition is as colorful and captivating as any, but the stories themselves still are not as well-known to Western readers as those from The Brothers Grimm, Mother Goose, or Hans Christian Andersen. Tales of a Chinese Grandmother presents a collection of 30 authentic Chinese tales. These classic stories represent the best of the Chinese folklore tradition, and are told here by the beloved Lao Lao-the grandmother in the nineteenth-century Ling household. The result of a long and proud storytelling tradition, these Chinese stories are sure to delight adults as well as children of all ages. Tales of a Chinese Grandmother includes: - How Pan Ku Made the World - The God that Lived in the Kitchen - The Daughter of the Dragon King - The Grateful Fox Fairy - The King of the Monkeys - The Wonderful Pear Tree - Ko-Ai's Lost Shoe - Heng O, the Moon Lady - The Old Old One's Birthday | Tales Of A Chinese Grandmother by Frances Carpenter, Paperback | Indigo Chapters