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The great race : the story of the Chinese zodiac / written by Dawn Casey ; illustrated by Anne Wilson.

By: Casey, Dawn 1975-.
Contributor(s): Wilson, Anne 1974- , [illustrator.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2006Description: [33] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1905236778.Subject(s): Zodiac -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature | Animals -- Folklore | Folklore -- China -- Juvenile literature | Astrology, Chinese -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: J398.33 C2684 Summary: 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.
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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.

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