| The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Contributor(s): Paterson, Katherine (Author), Dillon, Diane (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0140557393 ISBN-13: 9780140557398 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 Annotation: Brilliant paintings illuminate this retelling of a popular Japanese folktale. Coveting a mandarin duck for his plumage, a greedy lord captures and cages him. The kitchen maid releases the bird and is sentenced to death. How the grateful drake returns the kindness, and outsmarts the capricious lord makes for a wondrous outcome. An ALA Notable Book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Ducks, Geese, Etc. - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 930 |
| Series: Picture Puffin Books |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.2" W x 10.7" (0.35 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5911 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wrtitten by Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson with painting by Caldecott winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon A beautiful mandarin duck is captured and caged by a greedy lord who wants to show off the bird's magnificent plumage. But the wild creature pines for his mate. When Yasuko, the kitchen maid, releases the bird against her lord's command, she and the one-eyed servant, Shozo, are sentenced to death. The grateful bird intends to return their kindness, but can he outsmart the cruel lord?
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