The Girl on the Moon and Other Chinese Stories of Love

This is a collection of six enchanting, timeless Chinese love stories, retold in lively and spirited modern English, and supplemented with illustrations and notes on Chinese culture.

The stories are:
The Girl on the Moon
The Girl Who Cried the Great Wall Down
Cowherd Boy and Weaver Girl
Legend of the White Snake
Lotus Lantern
The Butterfly Lovers

€œThese are the stories I€ve been waiting to read since childhood€"classic tales, vividly retold, and beautifully illustrated in ways that stimulate the imagination. The questions posed are important to the young minds€"how things happen and why, as well as the consequences of personal choices. They are what I pondered as a child experiencing my own twists and turns in life. And those were the thoughts that very much influenced my becoming a writer. As these stories show, there are no simple answers, but with imagination you can go to many places and find many possibilities. These are magical stories for everyone.€

€" Amy Tan
Award winning and best-selling writer
Author of €œThe Joy Luck Club€
Creative Consultant to the PBS TV series €œSagwa€