National Library Board, Singapore, 2016. Good secondhand condition.

Stories from Asia presents the highlights of the 24,000-volume Asian Children's Literature Collection, curated by Singapore's National Library Board, and is a unique resource meticulously built up over half a century that is recognised by UNESCO as a nationally and internationally significant library collection. This publication seeks to shed light on the literary and historical developments in children's literature about Asians and Asia. Apart from featuring unique and rare items from the Collection, this book also covers diverse topics such as the power of storytelling and imagination, Asian folktales, foreign perspectives of Asia and emergent Asian children's literature.