The Magical Starfruit Tree: A Chinese Folktale

A stingy peddler is chastised for his miserly ways by an old beggar with magical powers.

The Cricket Warrior: A Chinese Tale

In order to save his family, a Chinese boy turns into a fighting cricket and becomes the emperor’s champion.

An illustrated collection of Vietnamese folktales with explantory notes following each story.

An old Japanese woman with a talent for making rice dumplings uses her wits to escape from a cavern filled with ogres.

Legend of Hua Mu Lan who goes to war disguised as a man to save the family honor and becomes a great general.

A young girl who wears a wooden bowl over her face to hide her beauty overcomes a variety of trials and eventually finds love, riches, and happiness.

With the help of a mysterious maiden, a mute birdcatcher saves a village from the plundering of a sly bandit.

Princess Turandot asks three riddles of her suitors, and only the one who answers them correctly can become her husband.

The story of two unlikely kung fu masters, who became legendary women warriors, and how their skill in martial arts saves them both.

A sad princess finds happiness after marrying a beggar.