Books published by publisher Mantra Lingua / Tsai Fong

In the North Sea a jealous queen transforms King Lir's three children into swans, doomed to spend nine hundred years tossed by the icy waves. Will the children of Lir escape their tragic destiny The Children of Lir is one of Ireland's best known traditional tales. A haunting myth beautifully retold, Dawn Casey's adaptation of 'The Children of Lir' will captivate children around the world. This well-loved Celtic tale is an excellent example of traditional storytelling and provides a platform for introducing readers to Celtic mythology, as well as encouraging creative reading and writing.

Hike through the rainforest, scale a mountain, swim across the ocean, and still make it home for dinner. Rhyme and repetition make learning fun in this selection that teaches actions, animal sounds and exotic settings around the world. Includes a dual-purpose audio and video CD to listen to the singalong on a CD player or listen and watch the video animation on a Mac or PC.

This beautifully illustrated children's book is in two languages in parallel - Japanese and English. It presents two fables where Fox is the main character. In Aesop's 'The Fox and the Crane' the fox deliberately serves the crane's dinner on a plate that she cannot eat from. But how will the fox feel when the tables are turned? In the traditional Chinese fable 'King of the Forest' a clever fox outsmarts a ferocious tiger and saves her own life...