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A teacher could use this book to encourage kids to try their best and be honest, even when things don‘t go their way. A teacher could use this in their classroom to study how plants grow and learn about the lifecycle of plants.

“You did your best, and your best is good enough to show to the emperor. “

Week 4: Traditional Literature. I love the illustrations in this book. So many colors in a very particular way. This book also follows such a great story line. Published in 1990.

“I admire Ping's great courage to appear before me with an empty truth and now I will reward him with my entire kingdom“.

I enjoyed reading this story because the message within the story is important for children to know. The story is all about honesty, the child in the story is rewarded because he is honest to the Emperor. This is a great example to show children a different culture of traditional literature.

This is a Chinese folk-tale about a boy named Ping who loved flowers. The Emperor of China was getting old and needed to pick a new Emperor and decided to let the flowers choose. Ping goes to tell the Emperor the seed did not grow after he tried to grow but it did not. The Emperor tried to trick Ping with bad seeds, but Ping was the only honest child so the Emperor gave Ping the Entire kingdom.

“It was the best I could do”

“I have found him, I have found the one person worthy of being emperor”

This story has a great message of being honest and doing the right thing, even though it may feel embarrassing or hard to do.

This is a Chinese folktale about a boy who is trying to plant flowers. The emperor needs someone to take over, so he gave out seeds to see who could grow the best flower and that hold be the new emitter. The boy tried many different ways to get his flower to grow but could not. Everyone brought flowers but he brought an empty pot. It turns out the seeds were no good and he was the only honest one so he got chosen.

“I admire Ping's great courage to appear before me with the empty truth, and now I reward him with my entire kingdom and make him Emperor of all the land!“

This tale can teach children to always do the right thing, even when things are not in your favor. Who knows, you might just be surprised....

This tale is about a young boy named Ping who loved flowers. Anything he planted would burst into bloom. The Emperor loved flowers too. The Emperor said that whoever has the best success with planting will take over the throne. Ping plants his seed and takes care of it everyday. However, month after month, Ping sees nothing. He has to tell the Emperor the truth about his empty pot. However, the Emperor respects his honesty and gives him a reward.

“ I admire Pings great courage to appear before me with the empty truth“ Ping brought him nothing but the truth which rewarded him with becoming Emperor!

I love the moral of the story being integrity, which Ping thought he had failed but really he is the only truthful one!

This was a story with a great moral of a story!The emperor needed someone new to take over,he gave everyone seeds to see who showed best in a years time would be emperor.A boy,Ping could just not get his seed to grow,anything he did,nothing happened.Everyone came to the emperor after a year with beautiful flowers,not Ping,he brought an empty pot.He was chose to be emperor because all the seeds were crooked and he is the only one who was honest.

I really loved how the illustrations were only in a small circle in the middle of each page and the rest was a basic color to make the illustration pop. I really loved this book and think it‘s great for children to read

This story tells a moral tale about a Chinese tradition. Ping does his best to impress the emperor like all the others but does just so by being honest and trying his best.

I love this book! It is a cute story for a read aloud in class. It tells a great moral story and is easy to follow along

It was the best I could do

Traditional literature, published 1990. This book tells the story of children in China who were given a challenge to plant the best special seeds and flowers in a years time to succeed the Emperor‘s throne. I love the way this story portrays one boy in particular who came to the emperor with an empty pot.

I love how this books illustrations are all flowing with the story. I think this is a great traditional literature book.