When honest Chang is tricked out of his magic boat, he and his friends venture to win it back from wicked Ying and the greedy Emperor.

A stingy peddler is chastised for his miserly ways by an old beggar with magical powers.

Ping returns and deals with the selfish Tan Tan, who owns a beautiful house and a beautiful shady tree, but who does not share, so Ping turns Tan Tan's greed into his own gain, but remains true to his generous nature.

An honest young boy tries to get rid of an ever-increasing number of snakes that have come with the bowlful of silver coins he found.

A young man named Yee-Lee goes on a journey to the Wise Man of Kun-lun Mountain to discover the reason for his poverty.

Woodland animals, each thinking of his neighbor, share a turnip left on their doorstep.

Sung, a brave man who is not afraid of ghosts, meets one on a dark road and tricks it into revealing its secret weakness.

In this retelling of a traditional Chinese tale, a boy finds a treasure in an unexpected place.

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.

Master artist Han Gan's painted horse comes alive to help save ancient China from attack.