A young girl uses her skills as a hunter to avenge her father’s death and to escape her evil stepmother.
The Girl Who Wanted To Hunt: A Siberian Tale
Primary (ages 6-9)
Material appropriate for primary age groups
The Story Of Chopsticks
When little Kai Kang cannot get enough to eat, he begins using sticks to grab food too hot for the hands, and soon all of China uses Kai zi, or chopsticks, in a humorous tale of how chopsticks may have been invented.
Willow Pattern Story, The
The author retells a story heard as a child, one of many invented to explain the landscape on willow pattern china, popular for the last 200 years. In this, two young Chinese lovers are punished by one’s cruel mandarin father.
Why Ducks Sleep On One Leg
A Vietnamese folktale explaining why ducks sleep on one leg.
The Painted Fan
When a brave maiden subdues a demon using a fan that had been given to her by her mother, she brings about the downfall of the tyrannical Lord Shang and reunites the imperial houses of Li and Chen.
The Story of Paper
After the Kang brothers get in trouble at school, they devise a way to make paper, which will make things easier for both their teacher and themselves, in a tale that includes a historical note and a recipe for home-made paper.
Terrible Eek
A father’s fear of the terrible leak ultimately saves him from a thief and wolf.
Anno’s Twice Told Tales
This book presents two tales from the Brothers Grimm, combined with Mr. Fox’s highly unusual interpretations of them.
Belching Hill
An old Japanese woman with a talent for making rice dumplings uses her wits to escape from a cavern filled with ogres.
The Story Of Kites
Long ago in China, three brothers become tired of chasing birds from their family’s rice fields and experiment with ways to make the job easier.