The TET Pole: The Story of TET Festival (Vietnamese-English)

Author: Quoc Trani
Illustrated by: Nguyen Bich
Hardcover: 32 page(s)
Age Range: 9 - 12
Ontario curriculum: Language - Reading

Book Description:

This ancient tale describes how Vietnamese villagers manage, with the help of Buddha, to free themselves of the devils occupying their country and thereafter celebrate this victory during the Lunar New Year Festival.

School Library Journal
TET Pole details the misfortunes of poor farmers first to trick the devils out of the food and then to drive them into the sea. It explains the reason for the TET festival.