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I do not have a copy of this one at home but now my son has asked (Rascal, 5) has asked if we can buy it. We watched a video on YouTube of this story being read. The words on the page were out of focus but the pictures were able to be seen an enjoyed while listening to it read aloud. A Korean inspired fairy tale told as the Chinese Mirror is one to promote discussion for sure but it is also beautiful and a bit silly. I wouldn't mind owning a copy of this one for him. The story itself seems famil...
It took my 6-year-old a pace or two to realize what was going on here. When he did, his giggles were coming as fast and furious as my 8-yr-old's. Enjoying a book is great; experiencing a book with children moved to such glee...fabulous!
Wonderful illustrations
A man brings a mirror back from his travels to China. The wife sees this object and thinks that he was brought back a lovely young woman. The mother doesn't think he would bring back an ugly lady when she holds the items. The pebble causes confusion and the man break the pebble.
charming
I picked up this book because it was adapted from a Korean folktale - and I've been to Korea multiple times. Also, the illustrations are done by Margot Zemach - the illustrator of one of my favorite children's books, The Judge An Untrue Tale.This book would probably be more interesting to a child. It was too predictable to be very entertaining for me.
"Why are you crying?" he asked. "Who stole your pebble?"The boy held out the mirror and the man looked into it."You big fat bully," he shouted. "How dare you hurt little children?"He banged his fist into the bully's face. Out flew the mirror, crashed against the wall, and scattered into a hundred shiny splinters.
I really enjoyed this Korean folktale about a mirror that causes dissent among a family who each thinks there is someone else there, even though they are looking in the mirror. Definitely a story about perception.
What an amusing story! Children today would have a hard time realizing how unusual mirrors were at one point! A merchant brings home a mirror, an item that no one has ever seen before, and it causes uproar in his home. Everyone who looks in it sees someone else and hilarity ensues.
This wasn't a bad book the illustrations are well drawn but just felt a bit rushed near the end.
Reading Level: 3.1Lexile: 565Fountas & Pinnell: NThe Chinese Mirror is taken from a Korean folktale. A man travels to the city and brings back a little round mirror. He does not understand the magic of it and keeps it hidden so he can enjoy it by himself. It causes trouble when others find it and argue about what they see in it. In the end a stranger solves the problem.Classroom Use:Illustrations: Use this book to show students that a simple picture can help to show the story line.Point-Of-View:...
This Korean folktale portrays self image and how one can view him/her self from an outside perspective. The format of the book flows well. The wording is never extensive. It can be used in a classroom when discussing self-image or how our perspective changes what we see.
This is one of my all-time favorites. It's a short, fun read that everyone enjoys. But there's so much more to it. Historically, this shows an era when people didn't really know what they looked like. (And, would we be better off if we still didn't know?) Then there's the idea of self image and/or making judgment about a person based on appearance. And, thinking a little more like a scientist, the story makes the point that things aren't always what they seem. Asking kids to consider what might
Great book for teaching inferences and our perceptions of self. Better for second grade and up because one of the kindergarteners was offended by the language (nasty little brat and big fat bully).
Hilarious!
3.5 - interesting story of the mysterious properties of new technology.
This folktale illustrates how one’s perspective can affect a person thinking and behavior. This is a story of how a family reacts to the arrival of a foreign object—a mirror. The illustrations work effectively with the text to describe the varied reactions to unexpected reflections in the mirror. Overall, this is a fun read that children between the ages of 6 and 9 will find truly enjoyable.
Genre: Folktale (adapted from a Korean Folktale)Grade Level: Primary (2-3)What do you see when you look in the mirror? In this cute Korean Folktale everyone sees something different in this "strange, round, shiny thing." It caused all sorts of confusion within the village. Read the story to see what the wife thought and who the mother in law and old man saw. I think this could be a great story to read at the beginning of the school year when everyone is introducing themselves. Do you really look...
I found this a bit mature for small children.
The illustrations in this story were very well done and fit the text well. The story was cute and funny in the way it handled the misconceptions about the mirror and how they effected the town.I think I would use this book with young children to introduce the subject of science in general. The conflict of the story centers around the fact that none of the townspeople know how the mirror works. The story could be used to show children the positive aspects of testing things out to get logical answ...
