Yip, Mingmei,

Chinese children's favorite stories : fables, myths and fairy tales / Chinese children's favourite stories. text and illustrations by Mingmei Yip. - 80 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.

The fish-basket goddess -- The mouse bride -- Dream of the butterfly -- The cowherd and the spinning girl -- The ghost catcher -- The frog who lived in a well -- Chang-E flies to the moon -- The wolf and the scholar -- Playing the qin for the water buffalo -- Carp jumping over the dragon gate -- How the fox tricked the tiger -- The Monkey King turns the heavenly palace upside down -- The monkey Wu Kong learns his lesson.

A delightful selection of thirteen Chinese folktales as told by author-illustrator Mingmei Yip. Inspired by her beloved father's nightly story-telling when she was a child, Yip hopes that by retelling some of these thousand-year-old Chinese stories she can pass along Chinese folklore and fables to international readers.

5 yrs+

ISBN: 9780804851497

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tales--China--Juvenile literature.
Children's stories, Chinese.
Folklore--China--Juvenile literature.

Dewey Class. No.: 398.20951