The Legend of Mu Lan
A Heroine of Ancient
China
"Lovely watercolor illustrations"
School Library Journal
written and illustrated by Jiang, Wei and Jiang, Cheng An
trade, 1-878217-00-3, $14.95
paper, 1-878217-14-3, $7.95
In ancient, war-torn China, hundreds and hundreds of men were
called upon to defend their homeland. Unknown to all, there stood
one female among the soldiers. Disguised as her brother, in order
to take her father's place in the army, heroine Mu Lan bravely
defends her country with superior
martial arts.
Cheng An Jiang and Wei Jiang are an award winning father/daughter
team of authors and illustrators who have published between them
over one hundred children's books. They have remade the classic
Chinese poem of Mu Lan into
an easy-to-read, vibrantly colored picture book.
- awarded "seal of approval" for a multicultural classic
by Multicultural Publishers and Education Council
- displayed at the Smithsonian Institute
- required reading for University of California Berkeley
and San Francisco State
Asian American Studies departments
- "lovely water color illustrations . . . share this with
your story time group" review in School Library Journal
- considered for inclusion in Prentice Hall's anthology of
children's literature
- appeared in the program for the nationally touring play
Woman Warrior
- originally published in 5 bilingual editions
Also available in the following editions
traditional Chinese/English
(Taiwan version, with chuyin fuhao
phonetic pronunciation)
trade || 1-878217-45-3
$14.95
Vietnamese/English
trade || 1-878217-16-x
$14.95
Mulan Gift Set
1-878217-10-0
$31.89
Other versions of the Mulan legend
The Ballad of Mulan, retold and illustrated by Song Nan
Zhang
Pan Asian Publications 1998
The Song of Mulan
Front Street Press
China's Bravest Girl
Children's Book Press
Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior
by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Jean & Mou-Sien Tseng
Hyperion Books for Children 1998
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