Vietnamese children's favorite stories / retold by Tran Thi Minh Phuoc ; illustrated by Nguyen Thi Hop & Nguyen Dong.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 95 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 24 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0804844291
- 9780804844291
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2095 T772 | Available | 33111007737253 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2095 T772 | Available | 33111008014397 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
**Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Book of the Year Award**
**Winner of Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2015 Gold Medal**
This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Vietnamese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture.
Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories is a charming collection of fifteen tales as told by prominent storyteller Tran Thi Minh Phuoc. In it, Tran--Minnesota's first Vietnamese librarian and an active member of the Vietnamese-American community--recounts cherished folktales such as "The Story of Tam and Cam" (the Vietnamese version of Cinderella), "The Jade Rabbit," and "The Legend of the Mai Flower." They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading. With beautiful illustrations by veteran artists Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong, children and adults alike will be enchanted by Tran's English retellings. Stories in which integrity, hard work and a kind heart triumph over deception, laziness, and greed--as gods, peasants, kings and fools spring to life in legends of bravery and beauty, and fables about nature.
The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories will keep Vietnam's folktales alive for them and the legions of young readers who enjoy multicultural children's books and stories set in faraway lands.
Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indian Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Favorite Children's Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories. .
The legend of Banh Chung and Banh Day -- Mai An Tiem and the watermelon seeds -- The legend of the Mai flower -- Why one shouldn't sweep the house on Tet Nguyen Dan -- Le Loi and the magic sword -- The Celestial King Phu Dong and the iron horse -- Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh: the Mountain Lord and the Sea Lord -- The story of Tam and Cam -- The story of Thach Sanh and Ly Thong -- Da Trang and the magic pearl -- Why the sea is salty -- The legend of the mosquito -- Why ducks sleep on one leg -- Mr. Cuoi under the banyan tree -- The jade rabbit.
The tales chosen for this book share the Vietnamese five great virtues: Nhan (Compassion), Le (Rituals), Nghia (Righteousness), Tri (Wisdom), and Tin (Trust). The author notes that her parents used traditional stories to teach children values and morals. Now the author, who is a story teller, uses the same tales to help Vietnamese children learn their traditional culture and values.
The author, who was born in Vietnam, spent 10 months in a refugee camp before moving first to California and, in 1984, to Minnesota. She is Minnesota's first professional librarian of Vietnamese descent and has been a story teller for over 15 years.