Tam and Cam.

Tam and Cam. Tam And Cam Minh Quoc & Mai Long East West Discovery Press 818 West 144th Street, Gardena, CA 90247 978-0-970165442, $16.95 www.eastwestdiscovery.com "Tam And Came: The Ancient Vietnamese Cinderella Story" is a bilingual bi��lin��gual?adj.1. a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.b. Vietnamese folktale folktale,general term for any of numerous varieties of traditional narrative. The telling of stories appears to be a cultural universal, common to primitive and complex societies alike. deftly deft?adj. deft��er, deft��estQuick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous.[Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. written by Minh Quoc and beautifully illustrated by Mail Long. Tam is a young girl who bears the brunt brunt?n.1. The main impact or force, as of an attack.2. The main burden: bore the brunt of the household chores. of her stepmother and stepsister's jealously through several incarnations. Tam ultimately achieves the position of bridge to the king who has loved her as a bird, a tree, and as herself. Also very strongly recommended as English/Vietnamese bi-lingual picturebooks for family, school, and community library collections are two other simply wonderful titles for children ages 6 and older from East West Discovery Press: "Indebted in��debt��ed?adj.Morally, socially, or legally obligated to another; beholden.[Middle English endetted, from Old French endette, past participle of endetter, to oblige As Lord Chom: The Legend Of The Forbidden Street (978-0-9701654-6-6, $16.95) written by Song Ha and illustrated by Ly Thu Ha, and "The Tet Pole: The Story Of The TET Festival" (978-0-9701654-5-9, $16.95) written by Tran Quoc and illustrated by Nguyen Bich.