.Chang' e on the Moon by Katrina Moore, illustrated by Cornelia Li, translated through Jaime Chu.I pick up photo books that retell misconceptions as well as mythology, and also I am delighted through this gorgeously detailed brand new rehearsal of the Mandarin belief "Chang' e on the Moon." Chang' e and also her hubby, Hou Yi, live in love as well as love each other very much. Hou Yi is an expert archer, as well as when excessive sunlight start showing up overhead, the Baggage Emperor requests Hou Yi's help in firing them down. Thereafter, he grants Hou Yi an elixir of eternity, yet would like to stay a temporal with his partner, he does not take it. I enjoy Moore's take on completion. The end always winds up with Chang' e taking the elixir as well as becoming timeless and also living on the moon, but I adore Moore's understanding take on it. Back issue features the tale equated right into Mandarin. This is actually a planned set of folktales retold coming from around the world, as well as I may not stand by to accumulate all of them all!