Shepard, Aaron

The magic brocade : a tale of China - Union City, Calif. : EduStar, 2000. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

In English and Vietnamese. Retold by Aaron Shepard ; illustrated by Xiaojun Li ; Vietnamese translation by Khanh Yen Vu.

When a widowed weaver creates a beautiful brocade depicting the Sun Palace, the fairies of the Sun Palace send a wind to bring the brocade to the Palace that they might copy it. The weaver's son goes on a hazardous journey in search of the brocade. He must bring it back as his mother cannot live without the brocade.


ISBN: 1572270675

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women weavers -- China -- Folklore.
Brocade -- China -- Folklore.
Fairies -- China -- Folklore.
Folklore -- China.
Vietnamese language materials -- Bilingual