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Chinese Legends For Kids: Emperors, Dragons, Gods, Heroes, Myths & More From Ancient China
Get ready to dive into a world of dragons, emperors, ancient gods, and daring heroes – welcome to the magical world of Chinese Legends!
This is no ordinary history lesson. It’s a journey through time and imagination, where dragons swim through the skies, warriors rise against impossible odds, and mystical gods shape the fate of the world.
Wave goodbye to boring books that feel like ancient scrolls gathering dust!
This book? It’s bursting with adventure, wonder, and wisdom, filled with tales that’ll make you laugh, gasp, and cheer.These stories? They hold timeless lessons about courage, kindness, and destiny, wrapped in exciting, magical adventures.HERE ARE SOME OF THE TALES YOU'LL
The Dragon King – A powerful guardian of the seas who brings rain and storms.Chang’e, the Moon Goddess – The enchanting story of how a woman became the spirit of the moon.The Monkey King – A mischievous hero who battled demons and gods on his legendary journey.Mulan – The brave daughter who disguised herself as a warrior to save her family.Yu the Great – The hero who tamed the floods and became a legendary emperor. Learn about magical festivals, hidden messages in mooncakes, and the mysterious red thread that connects people through fate!
With fun activities, puzzles, and creative projects, this book brings ancient Chinese culture and mythology to life in a way that kids (and adults!) will love.
Are you ready to ride dragons, meet gods, and uncover ancient secrets? Your adventure into Chinese Legends for Kids starts now!
(BTW, if you’re an adult, you’ll love this too!)
This is no ordinary history lesson. It’s a journey through time and imagination, where dragons swim through the skies, warriors rise against impossible odds, and mystical gods shape the fate of the world.
Wave goodbye to boring books that feel like ancient scrolls gathering dust!
This book? It’s bursting with adventure, wonder, and wisdom, filled with tales that’ll make you laugh, gasp, and cheer.These stories? They hold timeless lessons about courage, kindness, and destiny, wrapped in exciting, magical adventures.HERE ARE SOME OF THE TALES YOU'LL
The Dragon King – A powerful guardian of the seas who brings rain and storms.Chang’e, the Moon Goddess – The enchanting story of how a woman became the spirit of the moon.The Monkey King – A mischievous hero who battled demons and gods on his legendary journey.Mulan – The brave daughter who disguised herself as a warrior to save her family.Yu the Great – The hero who tamed the floods and became a legendary emperor. Learn about magical festivals, hidden messages in mooncakes, and the mysterious red thread that connects people through fate!
With fun activities, puzzles, and creative projects, this book brings ancient Chinese culture and mythology to life in a way that kids (and adults!) will love.
Are you ready to ride dragons, meet gods, and uncover ancient secrets? Your adventure into Chinese Legends for Kids starts now!
(BTW, if you’re an adult, you’ll love this too!)
114 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 3, 2025
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April 17, 2025
My personal reading was a 3 star but for the target audience of young children I think it's a good 4 star read.
I enjoyed going through all the Chinese legends and cultural traditions showcased in this book. I've been reading some fantasy books inspired by Chinese folklore and it made me curious to know more about Chinese culture. This was a quick easy read for that purpose.
These legends and stories from ancient China are beautiful, and bring forth great values. The root of the most ancient civilizations lie in Asia, with Bharat (India) being at the heart, and the civilization of China having a connect with us for thousands of years. It's interesting to see how there are common cultural values reflected through these stories. I'm interested in further exploring these through Indic history books by Indic authors.
The story sections were quite short, and I think they could be better expanded and presented to make it more engaging, even for children. The emphasis seemed to be more on the lessons of the story sections, which were a bit repetitive at times, but overall done thoughtfully to pull out the key themes from each story in an instructive way for children. I think there was genuine cultural appreciation reflected through the book, and there were also some activities included at the end to engage children's creativity and imagination.
I received an advance review copy for free by BookSirens, and I'm leaving this review voluntarily.
I enjoyed going through all the Chinese legends and cultural traditions showcased in this book. I've been reading some fantasy books inspired by Chinese folklore and it made me curious to know more about Chinese culture. This was a quick easy read for that purpose.
These legends and stories from ancient China are beautiful, and bring forth great values. The root of the most ancient civilizations lie in Asia, with Bharat (India) being at the heart, and the civilization of China having a connect with us for thousands of years. It's interesting to see how there are common cultural values reflected through these stories. I'm interested in further exploring these through Indic history books by Indic authors.
The story sections were quite short, and I think they could be better expanded and presented to make it more engaging, even for children. The emphasis seemed to be more on the lessons of the story sections, which were a bit repetitive at times, but overall done thoughtfully to pull out the key themes from each story in an instructive way for children. I think there was genuine cultural appreciation reflected through the book, and there were also some activities included at the end to engage children's creativity and imagination.
I received an advance review copy for free by BookSirens, and I'm leaving this review voluntarily.
March 20, 2025
I have always loved legends and tales since I was very little.
Chinese culture is very traditional and full of legends that teach those traditions. Chinese legends are full of dragons, warriors, gods, emperors, and heroes, among others. What I like best about these legends is that all of them have lessons for us to learn and remember. Some teach us about courage, honor, loyalty, honesty, hope, freedom, destiny, perseverance, patience, bravery, kindness, wisdom, and love, among others.
I liked the last part of the book, where children were encouraged to create activities related to Chinese legends.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Chinese culture is very traditional and full of legends that teach those traditions. Chinese legends are full of dragons, warriors, gods, emperors, and heroes, among others. What I like best about these legends is that all of them have lessons for us to learn and remember. Some teach us about courage, honor, loyalty, honesty, hope, freedom, destiny, perseverance, patience, bravery, kindness, wisdom, and love, among others.
I liked the last part of the book, where children were encouraged to create activities related to Chinese legends.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
February 17, 2025
I'm voluntarily leaving a review after receiving a free copy. I found these legends interesting and especially liked the lessons included in them.
November 30, 2025
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I was expecting some legends, some epic tales but I was very disappointed. The legends are summarised and told in a very factual manner (and sometimes a bit wrong), there are very few emotions involved. I wanted poetry and being transported in great fables on the back of dragons or next to a fox. We get a few paragraphs on the legend and then way more on the lessons you are supposed to get from these legends. And they do not know the word “subtle”, the lessons are hammered into your brain, so that you cannot miss it even if you want to.
The lessons are particularly badly written (you can even get bullet points for more organised unnecessary hogwash on how the legends teach you A/ bravery B/ patience…), they all follow the same pattern:
This legend teaches us [insert quality] and this story reminds us to be [insert quality]. And the next time you see [insert something that is related to the legend], think of [insert a character of the legend] and remember that [insert an epic action that the character did]. And who knows ? Maybe you will [insert an epic action] like [insert character who did the epic action].
But with a lot more sentences that are not needed so that the lessons take around two pages.
I don’t find these methods very engaging for children and for adults. I would prefer to read the legend with epic twists and emotions and think of the lessons on my own.
In the ebook provided by the author, there are illustrations, which in theory are great. One illustration was included in each chapter. However, the illustrations are not always related to the story. Until chapter 7 (included), the illustrations have no link to the stories and one of them was reused in two other chapters; it is used in chapters 2 (Chang’e), 3 (Monkey King) and 5 (the White Snake). The illustration depicts a guy with a crown next to a dragon.
They are also all in various art styles, which prompts the question of where these illustrations come from and if they were generated by real artists…
The legends are also in illogical order, but maybe I am going too far. Some legends are linked, like chapter 2 on Chang’e, which mentions Hou Yi her husband and chapter 12 on Hou Yi and his archer exploits. Why not merge them or at least put them one after the other ? And we have the creation of the world in chapter 7. Why not chapter 1 ?
Anyway, I think most people associate children’s books with bad writing and dumb readers, which I wholeheartedly disagree with.
I was expecting some legends, some epic tales but I was very disappointed. The legends are summarised and told in a very factual manner (and sometimes a bit wrong), there are very few emotions involved. I wanted poetry and being transported in great fables on the back of dragons or next to a fox. We get a few paragraphs on the legend and then way more on the lessons you are supposed to get from these legends. And they do not know the word “subtle”, the lessons are hammered into your brain, so that you cannot miss it even if you want to.
The lessons are particularly badly written (you can even get bullet points for more organised unnecessary hogwash on how the legends teach you A/ bravery B/ patience…), they all follow the same pattern:
This legend teaches us [insert quality] and this story reminds us to be [insert quality]. And the next time you see [insert something that is related to the legend], think of [insert a character of the legend] and remember that [insert an epic action that the character did]. And who knows ? Maybe you will [insert an epic action] like [insert character who did the epic action].
But with a lot more sentences that are not needed so that the lessons take around two pages.
I don’t find these methods very engaging for children and for adults. I would prefer to read the legend with epic twists and emotions and think of the lessons on my own.
In the ebook provided by the author, there are illustrations, which in theory are great. One illustration was included in each chapter. However, the illustrations are not always related to the story. Until chapter 7 (included), the illustrations have no link to the stories and one of them was reused in two other chapters; it is used in chapters 2 (Chang’e), 3 (Monkey King) and 5 (the White Snake). The illustration depicts a guy with a crown next to a dragon.
They are also all in various art styles, which prompts the question of where these illustrations come from and if they were generated by real artists…
The legends are also in illogical order, but maybe I am going too far. Some legends are linked, like chapter 2 on Chang’e, which mentions Hou Yi her husband and chapter 12 on Hou Yi and his archer exploits. Why not merge them or at least put them one after the other ? And we have the creation of the world in chapter 7. Why not chapter 1 ?
Anyway, I think most people associate children’s books with bad writing and dumb readers, which I wholeheartedly disagree with.
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