A Chinese Wonder Book by Norman Hinsdale Pitman, Illustrated by Li Chu-T’ang, Edited by Maggie Hogan (PDF ebook) – This new ebook edition of this fascinating collection of Chinese stories and legends from Bright Ideas Press is a great literature-based introduction to the rich history and culture of China.
The Chinese Wonder Book and Read-Alone Guide are part of a brand new curriculum called “Illuminations” – a multi-grade, easy-to-use curriculum designed for use with “The Mystery of History” series. It takes into account learning styles and includes Language Arts, worldview, fine arts, and much more! Check it out!
Click here to visit the publisher’s website.
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I tried the link and it just told me that I needed to download Acrobat 9…which I already have…I downloaded it just in case and it still will not let me access the book.
Thank you
Carol Jo
The Chinese wonder book will not download for me. I tried twice and all I get is something that looks like a template. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Since this resource is hosted by the publisher, I’ve put in an email to them to check out the Acrobat 9 issue. I know a few folks have had a problem with that. Please check their download page later today for any updates or suggestions.
Sorry for the hopefully temporary glitch!
Jim E
I figured it out. If you download Acrobat 9 and then download from the link, you will open a page with several pdf files shown. Right click on a file and choose to either open or save the file separately. Then you will view the file just fine. There are several files combined in this download. Once you figure out how to use it, it is a neat way to download several pdf files at once.
Velma, thank you — I tried to open the file several times and it just said it was corrupted and shut down on me — it didn’t say I needed to use Acrobat 9. Am off to download it now.
I have a Mac, so I can’t use Acrobat for PDFs. I use PREVIEW — I hope I can still download it though.
Nope, I downloaded it but I’m still getting a message that the file is corrupted and won’t even open.
OK, my oops – I just cleared my cache and it’s working now – it requires Acrobat 9 for security reasons, so if you don’t have Acrobat 9, you won’t be able to do the download.
Lovely resource, thank you Jim and BIP!
If you are using a PC or Mac, you need to have Adobe Reader 9 AND Adobe Air, both free. You do not need Adobe Acrobat, which is an expensive program. An older version of the Adobe Reader, or another program like Apple Preview, will not work. The PDF has special menus and functions that cannot be displayed.
Here are the official Adobe links for both programs:
Adobe Air
http://get.adobe.com/air/
Adobe Reader 9
http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
Both programs will take some time to download and install so be patient. The book is worth it; it is beautiful. Also, both programs will be valuable in the future. Hope this helps!
Our apologies to those of you who had problems getting this resource (which is now closed). When we offer resources provided by the publishers (as opposed to our hosting them), the technical support for that day’s item is out of our hands. Sometimes everything works just fine, but other times there is a problem due to their setup.
It’s a mixed blessing. We want to be able to bring you a wide variety of exclusive freebies, but on the other hand not everything is going to be compatible with everyone’s system. We’ll continue to bring you future “publisher sponsored” resources from time to time, but will also try to minimize any potential problems with them. Again, our apologies to those of you who had problems with this one. Lesson learned.
- Jim E
Sorry to say that I didn’t figure out the technical difficulties in time to download the resource. I’m really bummed, but am looking forward to more excellent resources EVERY DAY!
I tried to download the Chinese wonder book and had trouble as well. I did out Adobe 9 on my computer but didn’t know about the other one in time. Since there were problems, can it be put up again soon…….we are studying Ancient China and would love to have it!
I am so disappointed to have missed yesterday’s resource as we are doing Ancient China in History. Silly me! I hope it comes round again!
Tracy-Jean Rossouw, Cape Town, South Africa
I am disappointed, too, to have missed the Chinese Wonder Book.
My excuse? It was put up the day before I got my computer running again after having to reformat the hard drive due to virus issues. (Fortunately all my other Freebie of the Day downloads were backed up elsewhere!)
Please be merciful and offer it again soon!
Folks, we do occasionally re-run some of the resources that WE put together and host ourselves, but resources that are sponsored by another publisher (such as this one) are out of our hands once their day is past. We no longer have access to them and cannot re-run them on our site. Such is the case with this particular resource. I’d just suggest you check it out on the publisher’s website (address is in the post) and consider purchasing it. Sorry, but that’s the only suggestion I can offer for this.
Thanks,
Jim E
You can still get resource by downloading the SAMPLE on the Illuminations 1:
Creation to the Resurrection page. Here’s the address –
http://www.brightideaspress.com/ILLUM1.htm
Scroll down to the word SAMPLE just above the Previews & FAQ’s box. Left click and save. You will need Adobe Reader 9 to view it. I downloaded & installed Adobe Air since Jim said I needed it, but I have to be honest I have no idea what it does. Maybe Jim can clear that up for us. LOL
Here’s the links from Jim’s post above.
Here are the official Adobe links for both programs:
Adobe Air
http://get.adobe.com/air/
Adobe Reader 9
http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
Hope this helps! Have a Blessed Day!