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Our Querido list is a wonder cabinet that we are filling with treasures from around the world. Here, from China, is a gorgeous story about generosity and gratitude, adapted from a traditional Buddhist tale by Kailin Duan. Her illustration style evokes artwork contemporary to the story's origins more than a thousand years ago, found in the famous Mogao caves, (located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China.)...
4) Stone soup
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Three wise monks trick a poor,frightened community into finding happiness by teaching them the magic of generosity.
11) The stonecutter
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A stonecutter wants to be everything he is not and has to learn the hard way that what he really wants to be is exactly who he is.
13) The painted fan
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When a brave maiden subdues a demon using a fan that had been given to her by her mother, she brings about the downfall of the tyrannical Lord Shang and reunites the imperial houses of Li and Chen.
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"In this Chinese folktale, a woman spends years weaving, day and night, until one day she reveals a magical cloth. But, moments later, the cloth mysteriously disappears! Now her three young sons must set out on a long, mystical journey to find it."--Back cover
19) The paper dragon
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A humble artist agrees to confront the terrifying dragon that threatens to destroy his village.
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