Young, Ed

The adventures of a talking wooden puppet whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie.

Presents the plot of a Chinese puppet play and includes directions for making shadow puppets and a theatre.

A collection of riddles translated from the Chinese.

When a father mouse goes to the sun, cloud, wind, and wall in search of the strongest husband for his daughter, he is surprised to find that a mouse is the best match.

Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

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

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.

A young boy determinedly follows the instructions of the Grand Master in the hope of gaining knowledge, only to be surprised as how he acquires it. Based on a Sufi tale.

A cat finds himself up a tree and won't come down until supper passes him by.

A dog loses his bone when he volleys with his own reflection in a pool.