Author: Katherine Paterson
Year: 1990
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Children, Picture books
Culture: Asia
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9780140557398
9780590449885
0140557393
0590449885 |
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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?
Winner of the
/Horn Book Award for Illustration, and a
Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.
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