Customer Reviews

Chinese Children's Favorite Stories

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Mingmei Yip is an excellent writer--very engaging. And her illustrations are very colorful and eye-catching as well. I was looking for books to introduce Chinese culture to my young nieces, nephews, and cousins, and I can definitely recommend this one. I couldn't put it down myself, late one night! I had checked out a slew of books from the library, but only some met my criteria of excellent writing and good pictures. Some had one or the other: this one had BOTH. I don't give anything I wouldn't want myself...I sure wish I had this when I was growing up! Adults can enjoy this, too.

We have been reading a different story from the book each night. They are a good legnth for bedtime. My daughter is adopted from China and is usually not that receptive to reading books with Chinese subject matter, but she loves this book. All of the stories are new to us, too. The pictures are colorful and nicely detailed.

These beautifully told and illustrated stories brought me back to my bedside at my childhood. My parents had told me similar tales of bravery, honors and resilience. Not only those lessons has guided me through life, I taught my child the same values. Children and adults will enjoy this book.

I buy a lot of books for my daughter about many different cultures and this is one of our favourites. Well written and entertaining for adults and children.

A collection of thirteen stories that I grew up with(Taiwan) and love to pass down to my children, this colorful volume, with authentic Chinese-style drawings, brings back to life legends and tales that feature wise scholars, talking animals, emperors and goddesses. These thousand-year old stories are written to educate young minds to do good deeds and cultivate moral wisdom. Straightforward plots reinforce the lessons learnt from famous stories like "The Frog who Lived in the Well", "Dream of the Butterfly (kid's version of Chuang Tzu's philosophical tale)", "Carp Jumping Over the Dragon Gate", "Chang-E Flies to the Moon" and "The Monkey King". Every region may have slightly varied versions, but this favorite book has done an amazing job and we look forward to reading more.

It's a good book for children to learn more about Chinese tales and the illustration is attractive.

Decent book, well illustrated...although many of the stories have very weak plot points which doesn't make this a truly interesting read. My daughter loves reading books, but this definitely is her least favorite.

My 15 month old twins love hearing these stories and the illustrations keep them visually engaged!

This is an excellent selection of stories that are a good way to bridge the culture for children in this country. I particularly thought the monkey story was a good choice since he is an important character in Chinese culture.