Toad leads a group of animals to ask the King of Heaven to send rain to the parched earth.

Toad is the uncle of heaven: A Vietnamese folk tale

Lee, Jeanne M.

Children's Books

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Retells the Chinese legend of the Weaver Princess who came down from heaven to marry a mortal, a love story represented in the stars of the Milky Way.

Legend of the Milky Way

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The youngest daughter of the Dragon King is given a magic twig to aid the men building the Great Wall of China

Legend of Li River

Henry Holt Co.

In a tale inspired by the fourth century B.C. writings of Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu, a boy dreams that he is a butterfly, and as a butterfly, he dreams that he is a boy.

The Butterfly Boy

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

A colorful introduction to Buddhist fables
A monkey, caught in a monsoon, finds shelter in a cave amid the rubble of a temple. The monkey is not alone. A lion, a jackal, a turtle, and a dove bicker in the cramped space, until a statue of Buddha comes to life. "Hush, children, hush." Buddha says. "I will tell you a story to pass the time." From the tale of the clever monkey outwitting a hungry crocodile to that of a bird and turtle rescuing a friend, the six amusing parables told by the Buddha will introduce young readers to the famous cycle of fables in Buddhist literature known as the Jatakas, or birth stories, which Buddha originally told to his disciples to illustrate his teachings. Joined with stunning linocut illustrations, Jeanne M. Lee's I Once Was a Monkey form a book notable for both its beauty and its wisdom.

I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told

Literature & Fiction

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Although she cannot speak or hear, Lotus trains as a Khmer court dancer and becomes eloquent in dancing out the legends of the gods.

Silent Lotus

A tasty, original story This striking picture book ends with a new beginning for three people who never expected to be friends – an orphaned girl cast out by her siblings, a slave escaping from a mighty emperor’s ship, and a hunchbacked old woman known for the bitter-melon and shrimp dumplings she brings to market each day – and for living in a haunted house at the edge of the marshes. As their hardship-filled paths cross, each of their lives begins to change for the better, in a moving affirmation of the power of compassion. Set long ago in a Chinese village by the sea, Jeanne M. Lee’s meticulously illustrated story has an extraordinary flavor all its own.

Bitter Dumplings

Although unable to speak or hear, lovely Lotus learns to perform the intricate story dances of the Cambodian court ballet.

Silent Lotus (Reading Rainbow Book)

Arts, Music & Photography

A young Vietnamese girl visiting the graves of her ancestors finds the old gravekeeper frightening until a severe storm reveals to her the old woman's kindness.

Ba-nam (Houghton Mifflin reading : the literature experience)

Houghton/Mifflin

Vibrant watercolors and drawings based on the 12th-century bas-reliefs on the Cambodian temples of Angkor Wat bring added realism to this gentle tale of the thousand-year-old tradition of the Khmer court ballet. Full color throughout.

Demco Media

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Toad is the uncle of heaven: A Vietnamese folk tale

Legend of the Milky Way

Legend of Li River

The Butterfly Boy

I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told

Silent Lotus

Bitter Dumplings

Silent Lotus (Reading Rainbow Book)

Ba-nam (Houghton Mifflin reading : the literature experience)

Silent Lotus