| The Paper Dragon Contributor(s): Davol, Marguerite W. (Author), Sabuda, Robert (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689319924 ISBN-13: 9780689319921 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1997 Annotation: When a terrible dragon awakens and begins to wreak havoc on all the villages in his path, only humble scroll painter Mi Lei is wise and clever enough to confront the scaly beast. Visually told in a series of gatefold illustrations, all the storytelling majesty of the Chinese narrative scroll-maker's art of revealed. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 95032166 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 9.45" W x 9.36" (1.05 lbs) 60 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 31055 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Between each day's sunrise and sunset, he paints scenes of the gods and their festivals' portraits of heroes and their deeds. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded by people he loves. But one day a messenger enters the village with terrible news: the dragon Sui Jen has awakened from its hundred years' sleep and is destroying everything in its path. Someone must find a way to return Sui Jen to its slumber. To the villagers, only one among them is wise enough to confront the scaly beast -- Mi Fei. The power of the artist's vision and the ever-sustaining nature of love are brought together in Marguerite W. Davol's beautiful story, strikingly interpreted by Robert Sabuda in a series of gatefold illustrations that convey the storytelling majesty of the Chinese narrative scrollmaker's art. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sabuda, Robert: - Robert Sabuda is one of the most innovative and inventive children's book creators and is known worldwide for his amazing pop-up paper engineering. His books include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Twelve Days of Christmas, The Night Before Christmas, The Winter's Tale, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, to name but afew, have garnered numerous awards and have made the New York Times bestseller lists on many occasions. He lives in New York City. |