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Reviewed on October 1, 2025 | Picture Books
Toddler-Gr 3—It's difficult to imagine any child of any age who will not be charmed by the protagonist in this story from an ancient Chinese text, Memories of Xiang Zhou, by Guo Zhong Chan. "If an ancient mountain forest is left alone and not damaged or disturbed for a period of at least several hundred years, it will spontaneously produce a kind of miniature being known as the Mu Ke, or the Treelings." As the story opens, the ungendered, light-skinned Treeling is asleep, t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
