The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
by Paterson, Katherine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly rubbed.
- ISBN 10
- 0525672834
- ISBN 13
- 9780525672838
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Synopsis
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 Boston Globe /Horn Book Award for Illustration, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49236
- Title
- The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
- Author
- Paterson, Katherine
- Illustrator
- Leo and Diane Dillon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly rubbed.
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525672834
- ISBN 13
- 9780525672838
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 0525672834, KATHERINE Paterson, Leo And Diane Dillon, 1990s Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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