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A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales

Ten Traditional Stories in Chinese and English (Free Online Audio Recordings)

Peng Wang author Vivian Ling author Yang Xi illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Tuttle Publishing

Published:2nd Aug '22

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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.

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!

Let Good Ideas Flourish: A Q&A With Author Vivian Ling
"Each story features plenty of lively illustrations and teaches children a valuable lesson, while the book as a whole showcases the rich cultural heritage of China to young readers." —Teach Magazine
"…I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't have to look up much vocabulary! […] I read through the English text first before reading the Chinese and that helped me understand a lot of the context." —Taylor Learns Languages, bookstagram

ISBN: 9780804854986

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 595g

64 pages