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Children's Stories from China
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The Butterfly's Dream
Children's Stories from China

Retold by Ippo Keido
Illustrations by Kazuko G. Stone
2003, 29 pages, hardback.
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Am I Chuang-Tzu Dreaming
that I am a butterfly,
or am I a butterfly dreaming
I am a man named Chuang-Tzu?

The stories of the Taoist teacher and storyteller Chuang-Tzu have long been revered for their whimsical simplicty and childlike sense of wonder. Admired by poets, artist, and philosophers, his stories ask us to see the world from new and unique perspectives.

This imaginative book is based on one of Chuang-Tzu's most famous stories, in which the storyteller wakes up and wonders who is the dreamer--and who the dreamed.

The book begins with the butterfly of Chuang-Tzu's famous dream taking off on a flight of dicovery--through fabulous Chinese landscapes captured in beautiful watercolor illustrations. The butterfly's adventures, its encounters with traditional Chinese characters, and the age-old but still relevant lesons of the importance of imagination and having an open mind, make this an inspiring and thought-provoking reading experience for children.

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Background on Ippo Keido and Kazuko G. Stone

Ippo Keido was born in Manhattan in 1954 and lived in New York City for most of his life. He is presently a resident of Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a Zen Buddhist Monastery in the Catskill Mountains, where he was ordained as a monk in June, 2002. Ippo means "One Peak" and Keido means "way of the valley."

Kazuko G. Stone has illustrated many books for children in the United States and in her native Japan. Her previous books include Cool Melons Turn to Frogs, which earned her an honorable mention from the National Conference on Asian Pacific American Libraries, and Ten Oni Drummers, among others. A full-time artist and designer, she lives in New York City.

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