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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Long ago, the emperor of China, seeking a way to help recall the year in which certain events occur, calls upon the animals to race one another and the first twelve to finish will have a year named after them.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in his calendar. Also discusses the Chinese calendar, zodiac, the qualities associated with each animal, and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac is a charming, fun-filled introduction to eastern astrology, perfect for discovering what your sign-Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, or Pig-says about you. Are you loyal like the Dog? Or stubborn like the Ox? What does the time you were born say about who you are? Can knowing more about your Zodiac empower you in your day to day? A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac offers...
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The old childless emperor gives a challenge to the children of the city to determine who will become his heir. He gathers them together, and gives them a task; take one seed each, plant it and return in one year to show the flowers that each has grown. Little Peng is determined to do his best, but despite planting and tending the seed, he fails to grow a flower. But Peng brings a flower of different kind to his meeting with the emperor, one that...
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Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Prepare for stories of elemental power from world mythology After Amaterasu’s parents create the islands of Japan, they put their children in charge of the natural world. Amaterasu becomes the goddess of the sun. Her brother grows jealous of her position. Fearing his temper, Amaterasu hides away, plunging the world into darkness. Can the other gods lure her out and restore light to the world? Yu the Great has descended from the gods and been born...
17) Mulan
Author
Publisher
Golden Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Mulan takes her father's place in China's Imperial Army.