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Adaptation of a Chinese folktale. When a child falls into a well and too much time is spend saying his name, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

In the 1920s a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling city offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith brings good fortune.

In this Chinese version of the Cinderella tale, Yeh Hsien uses magic fishbones to dress herself in finery for the Cave Festival, where she loses a slipper in fleeing from her wicked stepmother.

Li Ming, who is mocked by the townspeople for guarding his pomegranate tree, is granted many riches after capturing a sly fox trying to steal his fruit.

Relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in his calendar. Also discusses the Chinese calendar, zodiac, the qualities associated with each animal, and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.

A collection of fables about the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.

Sung, a brave man who is not afraid of ghosts, meets one on a dark road and tricks it into revealing its secret weakness.

Explores the history of science and technology in ancient China including the compass, gunpowder, and printing; and describes their military and agricultural contributions.

Full-color illustrations and photographs describe the art and architecture of ancient China including tombs and temples, music, crafts, and calligraphy.

Reveals the truths and teachings that lie behind many of the Chinese myths, and addresses the question of the role that storytelling played in this diverse society.