The Khan’s Daughter: A Mongolian Folktale by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng [in AsianWeek]
18 Jul, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Mongolian, Repost
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