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Once Upon a Lantern

The Five Colors Of A Gentle Heart

Bedtime Tales of the Five Virtues from Ancient Vietnam & China

by Hoang Le

Paperback2026

When the lantern glows, a story begins.

Each night, Grandmother Lan lights her paper lantern and draws a coloured thread from her little box — and with it, a story. The Five Colors of a Gentle Heart gathers twenty gentle bedtime tales from ancient Vietnam and China, each one a small lesson in how to be a good person.

The five colours stand for five virtues: green for kindness, red for respect, yellow for trust, white for fairness, and black for wisdom. A farm girl shares her last rice seedlings. A boy searches three days to keep a promise. A white egret watches over an honest heart.

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Product details

Reading age4–12
LanguageEnglish
Publication dateJuly 13, 2026
FormatPaperback
ASIN
B0H8P92QXP

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What age is The Five Colors Of A Gentle Heart for?

The Five Colors Of A Gentle Heart is written for ages 4–12. Younger readers in that range enjoy it as a read-aloud with an adult; older ones can read it on their own.

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Is The Five Colors Of A Gentle Heart part of a series?

Yes — it belongs to Once Upon a Lantern. Illustrated read-aloud bedtime tales under the Mid-Autumn moon, a book each for Vietnam, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore and Malaysia.

Does buying The Five Colors Of A Gentle Heart support veterans?

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