《吹牛大王历险记》 (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)-USED FL

Publication Details: Published in July 1998 by the Jiangsu Children's Publishing House (江苏少年儿童出版社) in Nanjing, China. This copy is from the 1st Edition, 1st Printing (1998年7月第1版第1次印刷), with a substantial print run of 20,000 copies and an original retail price of 4.80 RMB (定标 4.80元). It belongs to their illustrated reader series, Selected World Literature Classics with Color Illustrations and Pinyin (彩图拼音世界文学名著精选).

About the Book: This is a simplified Chinese children's adaptation of Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August Bürger's 18th-century satirical tall tales about Baron Munchausen. Written in simplified Chinese characters with pinyin phonetics above each character, it was designed to help early elementary students in China transition into independent chapter reading.

Interesting Fact: The Chinese title literally translates to "Adventures of the Great Bragging King" (Chuīniú Dàwáng Lìxiǎnjì). In colloquial Mandarin, "chuī niú" (吹牛) means "to brag" or "talk big," but literally translates to "blowing up a cow." The idiom originated from ancient ferrymen along the Yellow River who made rafts out of inflated sheep or cow skins and had to boast incredible lung power to blow them up by mouth!