Tales and Traditions: Fables, Myths, Festivals, and More (Readings in Chinese Literature) (Chinese and English Edition)

Just as children gain literacy in their native language by reading learners of a foreign language must read large amounts of level-appropriate books and material to attain fluency in their target language. Tales and Traditions was specially created to help learners of Chinese achieve that goal by collecting adaptations and selections from the most well-known works in the Chinese literary and folk canon in a series of convenient supplementary readers. Perfect for pleasure reading outside of class or class instruction Tales and Traditions exposes students to a wealth of information essential for the development of cultural fluency in Chinese.