A rhymed telling of the life of Bessie Coleman, the first licensed African-American aviator, who dreamed of flying as a child in the cotton fields of Texas, and persevered until she made that dream come true. Presented in Vietnamese and English.
Contains the English and Vietnamese translations of a story in which a young boy chases a bird that stole his lucky grain of corn, meeting a variety of helpful animals along the way.
A young girl visits her grandmother in Vietnam, where her parents were born, and learns that she can call two places home. Presented in English and Vietnamese.
A humble toymaker is rewarded for helping an injured cat in this story that explains the origin of the maneki neko, or lucky cat statues that are popular throughout Japan for spreading good fortune.