Ten Suns: A Chinese Legend

By Eric A. Kimmel

Book Overview

Everyone enjoys a sunny day. But what if one day you looked up and saw 10 suns in the sky? In Eric A. Kimmel's engaging retelling of one of the oldest Chinese myths, that's exactly what happens--or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823413179
• ISBN13: 9780823413171
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

A Taste of Chinese Mythology

An appealing chinese myth about ten sons who unknowingly cause deadly havoc for earth by crossing the sky together. The boys are wonderfully illustrated in the traditional chinese view of ten happy cherubs with loving parents. The events and outcome are written in a way that my six-year old understood the fun, as well as the consequences of the sons' actions, and to some extent, the concept of sacrificing for the greater good.