The Empty Pot

Author: Demi
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805012170
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.

The Empty Pot

Author: Charlotte Guillain
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1410979873
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
This book tells the story of the Empty Pot, a traditional Chinese folk tale. In it, the hero of the story learns that it is better to be honest than to cheat, and that honesty will bring real rewards.

The Shady Tree

Author: Demi
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1250140137
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A beautiful companion to Demi's classic The Empty Pot. In this new Chinese fable, Ping returns and deals with the selfish and greedy Tan Tan, who owns a beautiful house and a beautiful shady tree, but who does not share. Ping turns Tan Tan's greed into his own gain, but even with his new-found wealth, Ping is true to his generous nature—there is room for everyone. Simply told and beautifully illustrated, The Shady Tree is sure to become a classic.

The Lost Horse

Author: Ed Young
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152050238
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A retelling of the tale about a Chinese man who owned a marvelous horse and who believed that things were not always as bad, or as good, as they might seem.

Chinese Folk-lore Tales

Author: John Macgowan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description

Folk Tales from Around the World

Author: Charlotte Guillain
Publisher: Raintree
ISBN: 9781410967022
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
FAIRY TALES, FOLK TALES, FABLES, MAGICAL TALES & TRADITIONAL STORIES. Each book in this beautifully illustrated series presents a different folk tale from around the world. Although the collection includes tales from around the world, like all good folk tales each story has a moral lesson highly relevant to young readers today. Ages 5+

African Dilemma Tales

Author: William Bascom
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110873532
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
Atti del 9. International congress of Anthropological and ethnological sciences, Chicago 1973.

The Empty Pot

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780440844761
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.

Myths & Legends of China

Author: Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner
Publisher: London, Harrap
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562

Book Description
Offering a provocative glimpse into a world dominated by traditional rules of etiquette and inhabited by demons, dragon-gods, and spirits, this volume presents a wealth of information illuminating the ideas and beliefs that governed the daily lives of Chinese people long before the revolutions of the 20th century. Engrossing and informative, the book will appeal not only to lovers of folklore but to everyone interested in Chinese art, culture or philosophy. 32 b&w illustrations.

Magic Pot

Author: Pleasant DeSpain
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874838275
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
When a woodcutter finds a pot that magically duplicates anything that is placed inside it, he and his wife are delighted until the wife accidentally falls in.