“神话是人类童年时代的产物。”孩子历来是神话故事最热心、最忠实的听众，神话那神奇瑰丽的艺术世界和反映出的积极进取精神，对孩子具有很强的感染力和激励作用。本书精选出我国流传至今的二十余个经典的神话故事，参考了著名神话学家袁珂先生的《中国古代神话(2006年版)》等资料，试图让小读者能够了解中国古代神话的一个大致谱系。对于有多个版本流传的神话故事，我们采取了为更多群众所熟知的版本；关于故事情节，则尽量保留了大家耳熟能详的精彩情节。( It is said that fairy tale is the product of human childhood. Children have always been the most enthusiastic and faithful audiences of the fairy tales. The fantastic art world and positive enterprising spirit of fairy tale has a strong appeal and incentives for children. This book collects more than 20 classic fairy tales spread so far in China and refers to Chinese Ancient Fairy Tales (2006 Edition) of Yuan Ke, the famous fairy tale scholar, and other documents to make junior readers understand the genealogy of Chinese ancient fairy tale. As there are multiple versions of fairy tales, we take the version more popular to most audiences. And for the storyline, we try to keep all the wonderful well-known plots. )