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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

Picture Puffins

by Katherine Paterson

Synopsis

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.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1995
ISBN-13 9780140557398
ISBN-10 0140557393
Class Copyright
Publisher A Puffin Unicorn
Subject FICTION;JUVENILE FICTION;JUVENILE NONFICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 32
Shelf No. JZ137
Grade Range 0 - 3
Ages 2- 6
Lexile AD930L
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