Ed Young

Introduces the Chinese zodiac and relates how each of its twelve signs was named for an animal selected by the Jade Emperor.

Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.

Rhymes personify the months such as shy November, lazy February, frisky March, and silly May.

A lone traveler, tired, hungry, and cold, finds a house and asks for a room for the night, but the old man to whom he speaks refers him to his father, and that man to his father, until he is finally rewarded for his efforts by the eldest. A retelling of a Norwegian folktale.

Presents the true story of Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who, realizing his own dreams, helped Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953--an event that changed history and caused both of these men to become heroes.