Wild Grapes-Chinese

By: 葛翠琳Originally Published in: ChinaFormat: HardcoverLanguage: Simplified ChinesePages per book: 32Lines per page: 3-5Audio book: Available by QR code on bookLuka® can read this book!Listen to the audio book! 野葡萄 (yě pú táo)  Wild Grapes is a children’s literature gold medal winner in China, this book by famed Chinese writer 葛翠琳 and artist 吴儆芦 has been loved by 3 generations of Chinese families.   Once in an ancient Chinese village lived a precious little girl with the most beautiful big eyes. When her parents died, her aunt took over her home & forced her to sleep outside with a group of white geese. People then called her 白鹅女 “White Goose Girl”. When her aunt gives birth to a blind baby girl, she grows ever more jealous when she hears people marvel over 白鹅女’s beautiful eyes. One day, when the aunt goes to collect goose eggs by the river, she throws a handful of sand into白鹅女 ‘s face, blinding her. 白鹅女 recalls that her late mother told her that, deep in the mountains is a special