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A collection of three Chinese folk tales, including the title work in which a child-eating tigress meets her match when she attempts to capture Mei Mei, a little peasant girl.

Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.

A collection of sixteen traditional folktales from China.

Retells an ancient tale about a Chinese man who owns a marvelous horse and believes that things are not always as bad, or as good, as they might seem.

An adaptation of an old Chinese poem in which a young girl disguises herself as a man in order to help fight off an invasion by Huns.

A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince.

A Chinese folk tale which explains why the ox was banished from heaven to become the farmer's beast of burden.

Examines the things that compose trash in the United States, the cost of all the garbage, reasons why there is so much waste, and technique that families and communities have adopted in order to limit trash output.

Matthew Polly recounts the experiences he had during the two years he spent living and studying in China, performing with the Shaolin monks, who taught Matthew important lessons about life and his place in the universe.

A contemporary Chinese-American woman's life is contrasted with that of a great-aunt born in Shanghan at the turn-of-the-century.