Ai-Ling Louie and illustrator Ed Young worked with a story that had been told in the author’s family for three generations and for whom research indicated the story had been told in China since the days of the T’ang dynasty (618. Louie was born in New York and became an elementary school teacher and children's librarian. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China Paperback Picture Book, by Ai-Ling Louie (Author) 346 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 17.99 46 Used from 1.50 12 New from 12.11 Paperback 7.99 87 Used from 1.17 31 New from 5.00 4 Collectible from 6. Yeh-Shen’s stepmother and stepsister remain living in their cave and are eventually killed by falling rocks. All her books are for the elementary school child. Her children’s biography series, 'Amazing Asian Americans' currently contains three books: 'Vera Wang, Queen of Fashion', 'Yo-Yo and Yeou-Cheng Ma, Finding Their Way', and her book, the first children's biography published in the US about a South Asian American, 'Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Reaching for the Stars.' In December 2018, 'Patsy Mink, Mother of Title 9' will be published. Ai-Ling Louie is the author of the children’s classic, Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China (Philomel/Putnam). Yeh Shen A Cinderella Story from China Yeh-Shen dates to the Miscellaneous Record of Yu Yang as it first appeared during the T’ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.) It dates 1,ooo years before the oldest European version.

Louie was born in New York and became an elementary school teacher and children's librarian. Ai-Ling Louie is the author of the children’s classic, Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China (Philomel/Putnam).

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