When a crew of Chinese fishermen forget to bring cooking utensils with them, they find creative ways to make do with what they have and what they can find.

Master artist Han Gan's painted horse comes alive to help save ancient China from attack.

In this traditional Chinese tale, a poor man receives a treasure of gold and discovers the true value of simple pleasures.

Introduces the Chinese zodiac and relates how each of its twelve signs was named for an animal selected by the Jade Emperor. Includes a table showing the signs for the years 1900 through 2007, and the character traits of each sign.

When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.

In order to save his family, a Chinese boy turns into a fighting cricket and becomes the emperor's champion.

This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.

A collection of fourteen tales from the Tibetan, Thai, Uighur, Bai, and other non-Chinese people living in China.

To make him feel better about losing his kite, a boy's grandfather tells him a story about why the Chinese build kites.