Dawn Casey, Fox Fables

Mantra Lingua, | Suggested age range: 6-7

Dual Language. Available in 34 languages

Fox Fables is two stories in one volume. The first is a version of an Aesop's fable. The fox and the crane try to outwit each other with tricks about different ways of eating. The second is a Chinese story, 'The King of the Forest'. Here, the cunning fox needs all his skills to outsmart the tiger and prove that he really is the King of the Forest. Children can draw lessons from both while enjoying the tense drama and the beautiful illustrations.

Dawn Casey (Illus. Richard Holland), Yeh-Hsien: A Chinese Cinderella

Mantra Lingua, | Suggested age range: 6-7

Dual Language. Available in 24 languages

The very oldest story of Cinderella comes from China, although it has been adopted all over the world. Yeh-Hsien has a wicked step-mother and mean sisters who keep her in drudgery. When spring comes, Yeh-Hsien longs to go to the Spring Festival in the village but she knows she will never be allowed to. Luckily, she has a magic fish... All ends happily in this beautiful version set against a vivid Chinese background.