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The rainbow people / Laurence Yep ; illustrated by David Wiesner.

by Yep, Laurence, 1948-

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Harper & Row, c1989.

398.20951 Y47rp

Tales -- China -- Juvenile literature.

Folklore -- China -- Juvenile literature.

0060267615 (lib. bdg.)

xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 194.

Tricksters: Bedtime snacks -- Natural enemies -- The professor of smells -- Fools: The eel's disguise -- The child of calamity -- The ghost's bride -- The butterfly man -- Virtues and vices: We are all one -- The superior pet -- Snake-Spoke -- The old jar -- The boasting contest -- In Chinese America: Trouble snake -- Breaker's Bridge -- Virtue goes to town -- The homecoming -- Love: Dream flier -- Slippers -- The changeling -- The rainbow people.

A collection of twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations, as told by some oldtimers newly settled in the United States.

Wiesner, David.

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