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In this version of a tale with many Asian variations, a wise king, who rules a town full of foolish people in the mountains of Tibet, puts a donkey and a rock on trial to settle the dispute between two honest men.

Retelling of thirteen of author's favorite traditional Chinese fables for young readers.

An exploration of Lao Tzu, the mysterious philosopher who is said to have been born at the age of eighty-one with snow-white hair, the ability to walk and talk, and credited by many with creating the Tao te ching, said to be written for the good of all humankind.

A biography of Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa, who spent most of her life serving "the poorest of the poor" in Calcutta, India.

Long ago, a Chinese emperor challenges the children of his kingdom to show him the greatest power in the world, and all are surprised at what is discovered.

When Siddhartha, a prince, journeyed outside the palace gates and saw suffering, he began the journey that lead him to become Buddha.

A stonecutter wants to be everything he is not and has to learn the hard way that what he really wants to be is exactly who he is.

An illustrated biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant and explorer who spent twenty-five years in Asia and befriended Kublai Khan.

A collection of Japanese nature poems organized according to the seasons, illustrated with paintings corresponding to the themes of the poems.

A poor fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish. This version adapted from Louis Zelikoff's translation of Pushkin's The tale of the fisherman and the little fish.