A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales
Ten Traditional Stories in Chinese and English (free Online Audio Recordings)
Tuttle Publishing · Print & ebook · August 2, 2022
The timeless wisdom of Chinese folktales presented in parallel English and Chinese texts!
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- Who it’s for
- Ten traditional Chinese folktales pair parallel English and Chinese texts with gentle morals and color illustrations.
- Themes
- Honesty and its rewards, Gentle moral lessons, Chinese cultural heritage
- Genres
- Country & Ethnic Folktales, Asian Myths & Legends, Fairy Tale Collections
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The timeless wisdom of Chinese folktales presented in parallel English and Chinese texts! Switch up your bedtime reading with this memorable bilingual anthology. These traditional Chinese tales are fun to read and each one contains a gentle moral telling kids how to be a good person and live a good life. The stories are presented with parallel English and Chinese texts on every page, along with dozens of charming color illustrations by illustrator Yang Xi.
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The ten traditional folktales in this volume include: - "Gold and Silver Hatchets" — Showing children the rewards that honesty can bring - "How Can You Weigh an Elephant?" — It takes a small boy to solve an impossible task - " How Silk Was Invented" — And how women contributed to the development of Chinese culture - And many more! Sure to delight readers of all ages, A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales is perfect for parents who want their children to absorb the timeless wisdom of Chinese folk stories and also perhaps learn some Chinese along the way!
Parallel Folktale Texts
Ten traditional Chinese folktales pair parallel English and Chinese texts with gentle morals and color illustrations.
Come here for
- Parallel English and Chinese texts on every page
- Color illustrations by Yang Xi
Expect
- Stories including “Gold and Silver Hatchets”
- A tale about how silk was invented
Where it sits
| Fairy Tale Collections | 75% |
|---|---|
| Country & Ethnic Folktales | 60% |
| Asian Myths & Legends | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Country & Ethnic Folktales
- Asian Myths & Legends
- Stories Set in Asia
- Authors
- Vivian Ling, Peng Wang
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Published
- August 2, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Honesty and its rewards · Gentle moral lessons · Chinese cultural heritage
- Reading lane
- Country & Ethnic Folktales