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A Chinese Wonder Book

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For Ages 7 to 10

A Chinese Wonder Book

Norman Hinsdale Pitman and Chu-T'ang Li

175 pages~3 hr 29 min read19 chapters$1.99
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Why does the dog hate the cat? A golden beetle knows, and so does this collection. Norman Hinsdale Pitman retells Chinese wonder tales of the Great Bell, the strange Doctor Dog, a talking fish, and a mad goose in the tiger forest. Marvels from a storytelling tradition thousands of years deep, sized for bedtime. Please note: this is the text of the story only. It has no pictures, so it is meant for a grown-up to read aloud rather than for a child to read alone. The illustrated experience of this story is the audiobook edition on Littletone.

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Inside this book

19 chapters

  1. 1A CHINESE WONDER BOOK
  2. 2ILLUSTRATED BY LI CHU-T'ANG
  3. 3TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. 4ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5THE GOLDEN BEETLE OR WHY THE DOG HATES THE CAT
  6. 6THE GREAT BELL
  7. 7THE STRANGE TALE OF DOCTOR DOG
  8. 8HOW FOOTBINDING STARTED
  9. 9THE TALKING FISH
  10. 10BAMBOO AND THE TURTLE
  11. 11THE MAD GOOSE AND THE TIGER FOREST
  12. 12THE NODDING TIGER
  13. 13THE PRINCESS KWAN-YIN
  14. 14THE TWO JUGGLERS
  15. 15THE PHANTOM VESSEL
  16. 16THE WOODEN TABLET
  17. 17THE GOLDEN NUGGET
  18. 18THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT SCOLD

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