Tibetan Tales from the Top of the World

When I was a young child in Tibet, I had textbooks to learn and study, but no illustrated children’s books to read or look at. Instead, I would turn the pages of news magazines brought up from India and look at the photographs. There began to form a picture in my mind of the world beyond Tibet’s borders.

Tibetan Tales from the Top of the World is Naomi C. Rose’s second children’s book of Tibetan tales. In it, she retells simple stories that were once told in Tibet. Children will surely find these charming and colourful books fun to read. Because the stories are set in Tibet, readers in other lands will naturally become aware of the existence of our country and of the values that we hold dear.

I congratulate the author on her efforts and hope that books like these may serve as examples for others in their clarity, simplicity, and enchanting appeal to children. I am sure they will bring joy to readers young and old.

Prince Jampa is convinced that a sinister enemy has plans to invade his kingdom. He gathers five thousand horsemen for a surprise attack, yet Jampa receives a surprise of his own.