This beautifully illustrated multicultural children's book tells a classical Chinese myth in both English and Chinese.Long long ago, the world was a colorless, gray place. It had stayed that way for thousands of years. People never expected anything different until one day, the colorful Snake Goddess, Nuwa, fell from the sky. She was determined to bring color and beauty to the gray nothingness of the earth, but all the colors kept running out through a giant hole in the sky. To fix the hole and bring color to the world, Nuwa would have journey near and far to find the five magical colored stones that were her only hope for fixing the sky. Join the Snake Goddess on her journey to bring color to a desolate world!Other books in the Chinese Zodiac Series (as well as the year of that animal) include:Little Pigs and the Sweet Rice Cakes2007 & 2019Magical Rooster2005 & 2017Water Dragon2012 & 2024Little Monkey King's Journey2016 & 2028Horse and the Mysterious Drawing2014 & 2026Sheep Beauty2015 & 2027Bronze Dog2006 & 2018 Little Rat and the Golden Seed2008 & 2020 Little Calf2009 & 2021

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Stories Of the Chinese Zodiac .

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 42 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Shanghai Press .

Li Jian was a middle school art teacher and children's books editor. He currently owns his own illustration studio, focusing on children's fairy tales.