Mei Ming and the Dragon's Daughter

Edith Fowke is a professor emeritus at York University and author of the
recently published Canadian Folklore: Perspectives on Canadian Culture.

Bailey retells an old Chinese folk tale about a little girl called Mei
Ming who lives in a hut at the foot of a mountain, makes brooms out of
bamboo, and loves to sing about fish, birds, rushing rivers, and
wondrous waterfalls. One day a drought strikes her village and the rice
and bamboo fields dry up. In her search for bamboo, Mei Ming climbs to
the top of the mountain and finds a beautiful lake. She tries to dig a
passage for the water to run down to her village, but finds the lake
barred by an iron gate guarded by a dragon. Birds tell her to ask the
dragon’s daughter for help. She does, and soon she is able to unlock
the gate, free the water, and save her village.

This charming story is accompanied by beautiful illustrations.