The great race

By Dawn Casey Dawn Casey

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Fairy tales, Animals, Zodiac, Astrology, Animals, fiction, Folklore, Chinese Astrology, Legends, china, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction, China, fiction, Rats, fiction

Description: Relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in his calendar. Also discusses the Chinese calendar, zodiac, the qualities associated with each animal, and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.