Children's Picture Books in Languages Other Than English

BILINGUAL / 双语

BILINGUAL / 双语
The first book in the Tales of the Chinese Zodiac series. Daniel the dog befriends the neighbor girl Lin and the other animals. Can Daniel show his true colors? With new bilingual translation in simplified Chinese. Empowering themes of self-discovery and cultural exchange, plus colorful illustrations, have proven popular with children, parents, and elementary educators.

BILINGUAL / 双语
Max is the son of the legendary Monkey King. Succeeding at school is not easy, but luckily playing in the gym is! Can Max forge his own claim to fame? Empowering themes of self-discovery and cultural exchange, plus charismatic characters, have proven appeal with children, parents, and elementary educators. This story features a bilingual translation in simplified Chinese.

BILINGUAL / 双语
The lamb Sydney befriends the shepherd girl Zhi and other animals. But after a storm strikes, can Sydney show them how valuable a sheep's qualities can be? Empowering themes of self-discovery and cultural exchange, plus charismatic characters, have proven appeal with children, parents, and elementary educators

BILINGUAL / 双语
Tales from the Chinese Zodiac remains the only English-language series on the New Year's animals. Year of the Rooster completes this unprecedented run! Ray is a young chick whose father wakes the town each day. When others spot the mythical phoenix, Ray tries to locate this legendary creature and learns about himself during the journey. Year of the Rooster features a bilingual translation in simplified Chinese. The books in the Tales from the Chinese Zodiac series provide empowering themes of self-discovery, cultural exchange, and mutual respect to children, parents, and elementary educators.

BILINGUAL / 双语
When the brave daughter of Emperor Yan, Nu Wa, upsets the Sea Dragon King, she is killed and transformed into a bird, who diligently, to this day, tries to fill the sea with twigs and pebbles.

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The goddess Nüwa comes down to Earth and creates the human race from the mud of the Yellow River and sets up human society. All goes well until one day two gods get into a fight and one of them knocks down a mountain that is holding up the sky, producing a hole through which flood waters pour, creating all manner of disasters. Nüwa melts down many five-colored stones from the Yellow River and uses the molten metal to patch the sky. Then she catches a huge turtle and uses its legs as pillars to hold up the sky. She kills a dragon and uses the body to fill a crack in the earth and uses ashes from the forest to stop the flood waters.

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According to legend, there used to be ten suns in the sky. All of the people's lives became extremely difficult. The hero Houyi shot down nine of the ten suns, and everyone's life slowly improved. Everyone was grateful to him, and a hermit monk from the forest gave Houyi two divine pills. However, Houyi's student called Peng Meng would like to steal the divine pills. Houyi's wife Chang'e swallowed the divine pills to stop Peng Meng, but since then, she had to live in the moon forever.

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When Chenxiang is just a baby, his mother's elder brother Erlang imprisons her under Mount Hua. He tries to kill Chenxiang at the same time, but the thunder god rescues him and raises him to be a kungfu master. Fifteen years later he goes back to Mount Hua and with the help of the thunder god and all his mother's animal friends in the mountains attempts to rescue his mother from her prison.

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Long long ago, the universe was a dark egg-like mess, there were no heaven and earth. Pangu awoke in the midst of this chaos, created our heaven and earth, and held up the heavens for 18,000 years until their weight lifted from his hands and they could stay aloft on their own. Pangu then died of exhaustion and each part of his body became a part of the earth--his breath the wind, his tears the rain, etc.

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In ancient China, there was a great flood ran wild all over the country, and all efforts trying to stop the flood failed. Yu, the Great, used his great wisdom and worked hard day and night without a break for years. He eventually won the battle against the flood and became the Emperor of China.

BILINGUAL / 双语
Vol. 1. "Happiness" upside down -- Walking on stilts -- Door-God -- Dragon dance -- Writing brush -- God of fortune -- Land God -- v. 2. Instant-boiled mutton -- Steamed bread -- Bentering newlyweds on wedding night -- Mandarin gown -- Eating eggs on beginning of summer -- The kitchen range of three corners -- The wine called Liu Ling Got Drunk.