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This book takes a light-hearted look at the characters and creatures from the the Chinese mythological stories. These myths come from different cultural groups, and they include stories about how the world came to be, as well as folk tales and stories with a religious message. The stories are full of gods, monsters, animals, ghosts and nature spirits. The book is structured as a ''Who''s Who'' of the culture''s myths and legends and has a gossipy, informal tone, allowing the characters'' personalities to come through.

The chapters begin with a spread featuring factfiles of two characters. Each of these has an In His Own Words section, where the character himself (or herself) gives fast facts such as parents, powers, crowning achievements, and Not to be confused with.... This is followed by a myth re-relling, presented in a magazine-style, featuring the two characters. In total there are six spreads of fact files (12 characters total) and six different re-tellings.

Stars of Mythology Chinese

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      Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
      Publication Date: 6/22/2017
      ISBN13: 9781445151922, 978-1445151922
      ISBN10: 1445151928

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book takes a light-hearted look at the characters and creatures from the the Chinese mythological stories. These myths come from different cultural groups, and they include stories about how the world came to be, as well as folk tales and stories with a religious message. The stories are full of gods, monsters, animals, ghosts and nature spirits. The book is structured as a ''Who''s Who'' of the culture''s myths and legends and has a gossipy, informal tone, allowing the characters'' personalities to come through.

      The chapters begin with a spread featuring factfiles of two characters. Each of these has an In His Own Words section, where the character himself (or herself) gives fast facts such as parents, powers, crowning achievements, and Not to be confused with.... This is followed by a myth re-relling, presented in a magazine-style, featuring the two characters. In total there are six spreads of fact files (12 characters total) and six different re-tellings.

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