Riding on the back of an elephant, the author tours a wildlife park in India, observing the hunting behavior of a mother tiger. A trip through India’s Khana and Ranthambore national parks, with watercolor paintings.
Picture Book
The Monkey Bridge
A human king learns wisdom and compassion from a monkey king willing to make a great sacrifice for the good of his subjects.
Grandma Chickenlegs
In this variation of the traditional Baba Yaga story, a young girl must rely on the advice of her dead mother and her special doll when her wicked stepmother sends her to get a needle from Grandma Chickenlegs.
Fox Maiden, The
A young fox who uses magic to change herself into human form learns that being true to herself is the best way to live.
Demi’s Dragons and Fantastic Creatures
Presents, in rhymed text and illustrations (some of them on fold-out pages), a gallery of dragons and other mythical creatures.
Ling Cho And His Three Friends
Through his plan to share the wealth of his wheat crop with three friends, a Chinese farmer teaches the importance of allowing other people to help in time of need.
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.
The Donkey and the Rock
In this version of a tale with many Asian variations, a wise king, who rules a town full of foolish people in the mountains of Tibet, puts a donkey and a rock on trial to settle the dispute between two honest men.
The Princess And The Beggar: A Korean Folktale (Scholastic Hardcover)
A sad princess finds happiness after marrying a beggar.
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.