Lee, Jeanne M

A young Vietnamese girl visiting the graves of her ancestors finds the old gravekeeper frightening until a severe storm reveals to her the old woman's kindness.

A retelling of six Jatakas, or birth stories, which illustrate some of the central tenets of Buddha's teachings, such as compassion, honesty, and thinking clearly before acting.

Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.

After her father dies, a young Chinese woman struggles to survive and finds she has much in common with an old hunchbacked woman in her village.

A Chinese folk song about a girl called Mu-lan who joins the army to substitute for her father.

Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.

Toad leads a group of animals to ask the King of Heaven to send rain to the parched earth.

Retells the Chinese legend of the Weaver Princess who came down from heaven to marry a mortal, a love story represented in the stars of the Milky Way.

A sea princess who wishes to lessen the hardships of the poor laborers employed in building the Great Wall of China seeks help from the Goddess of Mercy.