The great race
Subtitle: the story of the Chinese zodiac
By: Dawn Casey ; [illustrated by] Anne Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Anne, 1974- ill.
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Subjects: Zodiac -- Folklore.; Animals -- Folklore.; Folklore -- China.; Astrology -- Chinese.
Genres: Folklore.
Description: 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.