Is There a Book That I Really Like?

The Disney animated movie was based on a book by Robert D. San Suci, Fa Mulan illustrated by Jean and Moussain Chang. If you are going to read this story to your kids, which I certainly would suggest, there's a book called The Flying Horses Tales from China by Joe Manton and Robert Giddings. And then if you prefer beauty, i.e. excellent watercolors, I've got The Ballad of Mulan retold by Song N'on Zhang. This one has the entire text of the poem, both in the original characters and a translation with just the most beautiful illustrations.