The cat's tale : why the years are named for animals
(2008)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/FOLKTALES/ASIA/ORG
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Roaring Brook Press, [2008]
©2008
©2008
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781596432024, 1596432020
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"A Neal Porter book."
Willow's pet cat Mao relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in the Chinese calendar and why there is no Year of the Cat. Includes end notes on the twelve-year lunar cycle and the Chinese zodiac animals