The Snake Goddess Colors the World: A Chinese Tale Told in English and Chinese (Stories of the Chinese Zodiac) - Hardcover

Long long ago, the world was a colourless, gray place. It had stayed that way for thousands of years. People never expected anything different until one day, the colourful Snake Goddess, Nuwa, fell from the sky. She was determined to bring colour and beauty to the gray nothingness of the earth, but all the colours kept running out through a giant hole in the sky. To fix the hole and bring colour to the world, Nuwa would have journey near and far to find the five magical coloured stones that were her only hope for fixing the sky. Join the Snake Goddess on her journey to bring colour to a desolate world.

Li Jian graduated from Hebei Normal University in 2001, majoring in Chinese Painting. Mr. Li used to be a middle school art teacher, an editor for children's books, and a partner in an illustration studio. Currently Mr. Li owns his own studio focusing on illustrations for children's fairy tales. He is the author of The Water Dragon and The Little Monkey King's Journey.