Tales of a Chinese Grandmother

by Carpenter, Frances; Hasselriis, Malthe

• ISBN13: 9780804810425
• ISBN10: 0804810427
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-06-01
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

A boy and a girl listen to 30 classic Chinese tales.

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