In addition, both books were illustrated by Ed Young, and the illustrations in both books are testament to Ed Young’s artistic ability. It was only when I came home that day that I realized that both books were fractured tales from China-though ‘Chinese folktales’ seem to be the more politically correct term. I bought this book the same day that I bought Lon Po Po. So in her displeasure, she gave poor Yeh-Shen the heaviest and most unpleasant of chores. Her stepmother was jealous of all this beauty and goodness, for her own daughter was not pretty at all. She was a bright child and lovely too, with skin as smooth as ivory and dark pools for eyes. Yeh-Shen the little orphan grew to girlhood in her stepmother’s home. Picture Book Reading Challenge Update: 10 of 72 Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (Not to be confused with Adeline Yen Mah's Chinese Cinderella) Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC).Literary Voyage Around The World Reading Challenge 2018.#WomenReadWomen2019 (A Year Of Women Reading Women) Reading Progress.
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