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The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death

The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death: In the southern regions of ancient China, where green mountains rose like sleeping dragons and rivers

Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty

Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty: In the provinces of northern China, where the Great Wall stretched like a stone dragon across mountains and

The Magic Paintbrush of Ma Liang Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Magic Paintbrush of Ma Liang

The Magic Paintbrush of Ma Liang: In a remote village nestled among the misty mountains of ancient China, there lived a boy named Ma Liang. He was the youngest

The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea

The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea: In the days when the boundary between heaven and earth was thinner than a silk veil, and when the gods still walked among

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Chang’e and the Moon Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

Chang’e and the Moon

Chang'e and the Moon: In ancient times, when the world was young and the heavens were still negotiating their final arrangement with the earth, there came a

The Dragon’s Pearl Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Dragon’s Pearl

The Dragon's Pearl: In the shadow of mountains that touched the clouds, there lived a poor boy named Wei. His family owned nothing but a small cottage and a

The Legend of Nian Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Legend of Nian

The Legend of Nian: Long ago, before the dynasties grew great and the kingdoms sprawled across the land, there existed a creature of terror known as Nian.

The Weaver Girl and the Magic Loom Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Weaver Girl and the Magic Loom

The Weaver Girl and the Magic Loom: In a palace overlooking a city of jade and silk, there lived a young woman named Xiang who possessed a gift that none could

Judge Bao and the Missing Gold Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

Judge Bao and the Missing Gold

Judge Bao and the Missing Gold: During a time when justice was not merely an ideal but a practice guarded fiercely by those few with the wisdom and courage to

The Jade Emperor’s Birthday Feast Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Jade Emperor’s Birthday Feast

The Jade Emperor's Birthday Feast: In the time before the heavens and earth were fully separated, when the boundaries between the divine and the mortal were

A Bridegroom For Miss Mole Korean Folk Tales Ages 9-12

A Bridegroom For Miss Mole

A Bridegroom For Miss Mole: By the river Kingin stands the great stone image, or Miryek, that was cut out of the solid rock ages ago. Its base lies far beneath

A Frog For A Husband Korean Folk Tales All Ages

A Frog For A Husband

A Frog For A Husband: Off in a valley among very stony mountains, lived an old farmer named Pak We and his wife. His land was poor and he had to toil from

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