The cat's tale
Subtitle: why the years are named for animals
By: Doris Orgel ; illustrated by Meilo So.
Contributors: So, Meilo, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596432024
Subjects: Zodiac -- Folklore; Animals -- Folklore; Folklore -- China; Astrology, Chinese
Genres: Folklore.
Description: Willow's pet cat Mao relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in the Chinese calendar and why there is no Year of the Cat. Includes end notes on the twelve-year lunar cycle and the Chinese zodiac animals.
Notes: "A Neal Porter book."