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The Dragon Prince: Stories and Legends from Vietnam

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I bought this book for our daughter, whom we adopted from Vietnam, so that when she grew up she could get sense of her country of origin, but since she is still very little I decided to read it myself, and I am enjoying it very much. There is much in the book that gives you a sense of life in Vietnam and of the Vietnamese people's thought, even though the tales are in an age far removed from the present and the morale of the stories apply to all, as in all fairy tales. I will enjoy reading it again to my daughter when she is a little older.

Buddhist monk, Zen master, human rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh takes the reader to Vietnam's age of myths and folklore in The Dragon Prince: Stories and Legends from Vietnam. The fifteen stories within include traditional and historical legends as well as brand new folktales inspires by Vietnam's recent past. Key themes within the tales extol the virtues of cooperation, reconciliation, mindfulness, and the importance of understanding that all beings are truly interconnected. A handful of simple, stylized black-and-white illustrations enhance this wonderful collection, highly recommended especially for community library collections and non-specialist general readers with an interest in mythology and folklore from around the world.

This is a beautifully written book. The tales are the most important legends and tales in the Vietnamese culture.
I knew all these stories since childhood but was still fascinated by them all and could not put the book down. The author presents these stories with depth, elegance, and style.

A wonderful book of beautiful and captivating legends. I loved it. The tales are beautifully told by Thich Nhat Han. I thoroughly enjoyed it.