num_pages: 32
description: In this intricately woven story-within-a-story, a wayfaring teller of tales attempts to gladden the heart of a morose emperor, obsessed with his own power and possessions. The wayfarer's story tells of another storyteller, who visits a small village and amazes the people there with his tales of a fabulous world outside their own, where wealth and wonder exist for the taking. Chu-ping, a young villager, is determined to find this magical place, and sets out on his journey astride one of the "heavenly horses" brought to his village ages before on the back of a dragon. So begins an adventure wherein large measures of courage and magic, but mostly love, eventually win the day... including a smile for the emperor's troubled face and a beautiful princess for our hero, Chu-ping. Set in a legendary China, the story is exquisitely illustrated by Maureen Hyde.
language: English
title: Heavenly Horse, The
titlecomplete: Heavenly Horse, The
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing