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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
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot that doubles or duplicates whatever is placed inside it, but his efforts to make himself wealthy lead to unexpected complications.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When her ailing father is conscripted to fight invaders from the north, Mulan dresses as a man to take his place in the army, but an old enemy and an attraction for her troop's commander complicate her mission.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
[1992], c1968
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
19) Sanji's seed
Author
Publisher
Bethany Backyard
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this folktale's retelling, the peasant Sanji prevails in his king's unusual search for a successor because he is willing to be honest in the face of ridicule.
20) The jade stone
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Great Emperor of All China commands him to carve a Dragon of Wind and Fire in a piece of perfect jade, Chan Lo discovers the stone wants to be something else.