How the Ox Star Fell from Heaven

by Lily Toy Hong

Book Overview

According to this old Chinese story, oxen once lived lives of luxury in the heavens. There were no beasts of burden on the earth. People had to do all the work of growing food on their own, and they... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807534285
• ISBN13: 9780807534281
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.1" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Ox Star Review

Retold stories are a gift from this author. The story gives a great account of how oxen came to be animals of labor on Earth and is told with an easily understood lesson. I enjoyed sharing it with my students.