THE CLOUDMAKERS
by RUMFORD, James
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0395765056
- ISBN 13
- 9780395765050
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. James Rumford color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1996 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (decorated boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. The front board is in navy blue with a design from the DJ in silver foil. Color illustrations by the Author. CONTENT: The "cloud" of the title is paper - so the title could be "the papermakers." Historical Fiction. The secrets of Chinese papermaking are disclosed to the Arabs in this intriguing piece of historical fiction. Chinese annals give A.D. 105 as the date the world's first true paper was presented to the Emperor. Knowledge of the process traveled slowly westward, reaching Europe on the eve of the Renaissance. According to the author's note, victorious Arab troops captured several papermakers after winning a battle in 751 with the Chinese in Turkestan. This well-written, rhythmic story casts those anonymous papermakers as Old Wu and his young grandson, accidental witnesses to the engagement. To avoid being sold into slavery with the other prisoners of war, Young Wu boasts to the Sultan of Samarkand that his grandfather can make clouds. In seven days, Grandfather manufactures paper as the Chinese did, with hemp and lye. Adding poetry and drama to the process, Young Wu describes each step as if the end product will actually be a cloud. The Sultan, who knows a sheet of paper when he sees one, prizes the elderly man's knowledge and rewards him for teaching his skills. Watercolor paintings bring a remote time and place to life, capturing atmosphere, dramatic cloud formations, light of moon and sun, and the characters' emotions. While the story is well told and interesting enough to stand on its own, it would certainly enrich children's own efforts at making paper by hand, as well as studies of Asian history. Grades 2 - 5.
Synopsis
In this exciting interpretation of the legend of how papermaking spread throughout the world, a Chinese grandfather and his grandson are captured by the great sultan of Samarkand. They bargain for their freedom by agreeing to teach the Arabs the art of making paper.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003501
- Title
- THE CLOUDMAKERS
- Author
- RUMFORD, James
- Illustrator
- James Rumford color illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395765056
- ISBN 13
- 9780395765050
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 9780395765050, Childlren's Historical Fiction, Children's folklore, Children's Asian tales, Papermaking, paper making, history of paper,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books: Ancient History; Children's Books; Children's Books: Folklore, Mythology; Children's Books: Historical Fiction; Homeschooling: Supplements; Children's Books: Intermediate Readers; Children's Books: Picture Books;
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