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A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales

A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales

Ten Traditional Stories in Chinese and English (Free Online Audio Recordings)

by Vivian Ling, Peng Wang and Yang Xi
Hardback
Publication Date: 02/08/2022
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The timeless wisdom of Chinese folktales presented in parallel English and Chinese texts!

Switch up your bedtime reading with this memorable bilingual anthology. These traditional Chinese tales are fun to read and each one contains a gentle moral telling kids how to be a good person and live a good life. The stories are presented with parallel English and Chinese texts on every page, along with dozens of charming color illustrations by illustrator Yang Xi.

The ten traditional folktales in this volume include:

  • "Gold and Silver Hatchets" -- Showing children the rewards that honesty can bring
  • "How Can You Weigh an Elephant?" -- It takes a small boy to solve an impossible task
  • " How Silk Was Invented" -- And how women contributed to the development of Chinese culture
  • And many more!

Sure to delight readers of all ages, A Bilingual Treasury of Chinese Folktales is perfect for parents who want their children to absorb the timeless wisdom of Chinese folk stories and also perhaps learn some Chinese along the way!
ISBN:
9780804854986
9780804854986
Category:
Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
02-08-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Tuttle Publishing
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
279.4x215.9x10.16mm
Weight:
0.59kg
Vivian Ling

Vivian Ling was born in wartime China and educated in the U.S. She taught for 24 years at Oberlin College before moving overseas to direct study-abroad Chinese language programs, most notably the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at National Taiwan University in Taipei and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Her last position was Director of the Chinese Flagship program at Indiana University. She has authored and edited Chinese language textbooks, dictionaries, books on modern Chinese literature, and most recently The Field of Chinese Language Education in the U.S.: A Retrospective of the 20th Century. She lives in Washington DC.

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