By Mary Medlicott (selector) and Sue Williams (illustrator)
When pieces of the sky fall down to the Earth, the worried children turn to local wise woman Loawnu to mend the sky. This story is one of the traditional tales from around the world in this collection of stories for telling or reading aloud.
Robbed by highwaymen and desperate for food, Tsai Shun's determination, honesty and generosity help to turn his family's luck around. Set in the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.).
Ms. Frizzle and her tour group are transported to China 1000 years in the past, where they learn how rice, tea and silk are grown and harvested, and visit the Emperor in the Forbidden City.
In this version of a tale with many Asian variations, a wise king, who rules a town full of foolish people in the mountains of Tibet, puts a donkey and a rock on trial to settle the dispute between two honest men.
We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most readily available resource for all of life is our public library system.
