The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
by Katherine Paterson
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0525672834
- ISBN 13
- 9780525672838
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
4 Copies Available from This Seller
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G0525672834I5N00
- Title
- The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
- Author
- Katherine Paterson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 4
- ISBN 10
- 0525672834
- ISBN 13
- 9780525672838
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
Terms of Sale
ThriftBooks
About the Seller
ThriftBooks
About ThriftBooks
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...