A set of original tales in the manner of Chinese folklore, explaining with mock solemnity how chopsticks, printing and other inventions came to be. Ah Mee makes his invention on a rainy day, a boy buys a father, four generals quarrel, and the Rain King’s daughter has her story told.
The 1926 Newbery Medal winner, playful and inventive, though its picture of China is an American fantasy of 1925. Download the free EPUB.