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When her husband goes missing, a new mother pleads with Tin Hau, the patron goddess of fisherman, for help.

Two young sisters celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, admire their mooncakes decorated with a picture of a lady in the moon, and listen to their Ah-ma tell the ancient tale of how the holiday began."

When her ailing father is conscripted to fight invaders from the north, Mulan dresses as a man to take his place in the army, but an old enemy and an attraction for her troop's commander complicate her mission.

Relates the consequences of a stonecutter's foolish longing for power.

When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities.

A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot that doubles or duplicates whatever is placed inside it, but his efforts to make himself wealthy lead to unexpected complications.

In this book you will meet Mulan.

Mulán se disfraza de soldado y se alista como soldado chino para salvar a su padre lesionado. ¿Podrá vencer a los hunos y liderar el ejército hasta la victoria? To save her injured father, Mulan disguises herself as a soldier and joins the Chinese army in his place. Can she overpower the Huns and lead the army to victory?

TRADITIONAL STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). BILINGUAL. IN ENGLISH / CHINESE. The Monkey King: The Classic Chinese Tale for Children is inspired by Chinese folktales and legends about Monkey, King of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, Great Sage Equal to Heaven. But his friends just call him Monkey! Hilariously mischievous and full of energy, Monkey has uniquely amazing magical powers. Long ago, the Jade Emperor, the ruler of the Heavens, was so unhappy...