<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This illustrated multicultural children's book presents 30 classic Chinese fairy tales and other folklore--providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture. Illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This illustrated multicultural children's book presents classic Chinese fairy tales and other folklore--providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture.</b> <p/>Chinese folktale tradition is as colorful and captivating as any, 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. <p/><i>Tales of a Chinese Grandmother</i> presents a collection of 30 authentic Chinese tales. These classic stories represent the best of the Chinese folklore tradition, and are told here by the beloved Lao Lao--the grandmother in the nineteenth-century Ling household. The result of a long and proud storytelling tradition, these Chinese stories are sure to delight adults as well as children of all ages. <p/><b><i>Tales of a Chinese Grandmother</i> includes: </b><ul><li>How Pan Ku Made the World</li><li>The God that Lived in the Kitchen</li><li>The Daughter of the Dragon King</li><li>The Grateful Fox Fairy</li><li>The King of the Monkeys</li><li>The Wonderful Pear Tree</li><li>Ko-Ai's Lost Shoe</li><li>Heng O, the Moon Lady</li><li> The Old Old One's Birthday</li></ul><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Frances Carpenter</b> (1890-1972) had a love of foreign lands and cultures, which she observed closely during her extensive travels--first with her journalist and author father and later with her diplomat husband. During her lifetime she traveled more than 100,000 miles across a number of continents. She was a fellow for the Royal Geographical Society, Vice President of the International Society of Woman Geographers, and president of the Smith College Alumnae Association. <p/> <b>Malthe Hasselriis</b> (1888-1970) was a self-taught miniaturist whose sitters included Pearl Buck, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and President John F. Kennedy. He was also a talented illustrator, providing watercolors for stories by Pearl Buck, and for editions of <i>The Ugly Duckling</i>. He won the Levantia White Boardman award for best miniature in 1948 and 1956, and his work is included in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection.