Little Sima and the Giant Bowl
[A Chinese Folktale]
From the Series On My Own Folklore
Little Sima’s village in China was suffering from a 100 years without rain. Then a wizard gave the Sima family a giant porcelain bowl. He said this gang would turn their luck around. Sure enough, rain started to fall. But one day, Little Sima’s friend fell into the gang. Can Little Sima save his friend from drowning without stopping the rain?
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| Interest Level | Grade 2 - Grade 4 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 3 |
| Genre | Social Studies |
| Copyright | 2009 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Brand | On My Own Books |
| Imprint | First Avenue Editions ™, Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 48 |
| Publication Date | 2008-08-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 3.4 |
| Reading Counts! Points | 2.0 |
| Text Type | Folktale/Legend |
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| BISACS | JNF052030 |
| Dewey | 398.20951 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 5.875 x 8.5 |
| Lexile | 610 |
| Guided Reading Level | N |
| ATOS Reading Level | 4.0 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 122244 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Original artwork, Teaching Guides, and eSource |
Author: Zhi Qu
Zhi Qu was born in Beijing, China and raised by her grandparents in their old, Beijing-style quadrangle. When she was a child, she heard many stories from her grandmother. Zhi attended Beijing Normal University where she studied English literature. She received her master’s degree in education from the University of Minnesota, where she also studied Linguistics. She currently lives with her husband in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, and works as an ESL teacher in Minneapolis Public Schools. Their daughter is studying at Harvard University.
Illustrator: Lin Wang
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On My Own Folklore
Folklore characters come to life in these magically illustrated titles. Each story shares both the facts and the fiction behind the tall tale and explains how the story became a part of folklore. View available downloads →