A story from China showing how the quail retrieved her egg. The quail has to approach the mason, the fire, the elephant, the pig and others before she finally approaches the cat who immediately chases the mouse and causes a chain reaction back to the mason who cuts the rock and frees the egg.

 

This book is part of a book series called Puffin Folk Tales Of the World .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .