Tales of a Chinese Grandmother

by Carpenter, Frances

• ISBN13: 9780804834094
• ISBN10: 0804834091
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

This illustrated multicultural children's book presents classic Chinese fairy tales and other folk stories—providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture.

Chinese folklore tradition is as colorful and captivating as any in the world, but the stories themselves still are not as well-known to Western readers as those from The Brothers Grimm, Mother Goose, or Hans Christian Andersen.

Tales of a Chinese Grandmother, written by Frances Carpenter, presents a collection of 30 authentic Chinese folktales. These classic stories represent the best of the Chinese folk tradition and are told here by the character Lao Lao, the beloved grandmother of the nineteenth-century Ling household. A sampling from a long and proud tradition, these Chinese folktales are sure to delight adults as well as children of all ages.

Chinese children's stories include:

• How Pan Ku Made the World
• The God that Lived in the Kitchen
• The Daughter of the Dragon King
• The Grateful Fox Fairy
• The King of the Monkeys
• The Wonderful Pear Tree
• Ko-Ai's Lost Shoe
• Heng O, the Moon Lady
• The Old Old One's Birthday

Author Biography

For many years Frances Carpenter traveled and worked with her father, Frank Carpenter, a journalist and author of the famous Carpenter's Geographical Readers.

Table of Contents

Inside the Bright Red Gate	1	(13)
How Pan Ku Made the World	14	(8)
The Sisters in the Sun	22	(7)
Gentle Gwan Yin	29	(10)
The God That Lived in the Kitchen	39	(8)
Guardians of the Gate	47	(9)
The Painted Eyebrow	56	(10)
Ting Lan and the Lamb	66	(6)
The Daughter of the Dragon King	72	(9)
The Big Feet of the Empress Tu Chin	81	(8)
The Grateful Fox Fairy	89	(9)
Lady with the Horse's Head	98	(9)
The King of the Monkeys	107	(10)
Two Dutiful Sons	117	(7)
The Poet and the Peony Princess	124	(10)
The First Emperor's Magic Whip	134	(8)
The Wonderful Pear Tree	142	(8)
How the Eight Old Ones Crossed the Sea	150	(9)
The White Snake	159	(7)
Prince Chu Ti's City	166	(9)
Ko-Ai's Lost Shoe	175	(7)
The Spinning Maid and the Cowherd	182	(8)
The Lost Star Princess	190	(8)
The Mandarin and the Butterflies	198	(8)
Heng O, the Moon Lady	206	(11)
Cheng's Fighting Cricket	217	(9)
The Maid in the Mirror	226	(9)
Miss Lin, the Sea Goddess	235	(7)
Simple Seng and the Parrot	242	(10)
The Old Old One's Birthday	252