| The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty & the Beast Tale Contributor(s): Yep, Laurence (Author), Mak, Kam (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064435180 ISBN-13: 9780064435185 Publisher: HarperCollins
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 1999 Annotation: When a poor farmer falls into the clutches of a dragon, only Seven, his youngest daughter, will save him--by marrying the beast. Publishers Weekly praised "Yep's elegant, carefully crafted storytelling" and Mak's "skillfully and radiantly rendered illustrations" in this captivating and luminous Chinese variation of the beauty and the beast tale. A 1998 Notable Children's Trade Book in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) A 1997 Pick of the Lists (ABA)
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - Asian |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 95011091 |
| Age Level: 4-8 |
| Grade Level: PreK-3 |
| Lexile Measure: 820(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 7.62" W x 11" L (0.34 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/15/1999 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 29258 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When a poor farmer falls into the clutches of a dragon, only Seven, his youngest daughter, will save him--by marrying the beast. Publishers Weekly praised Yep's elegant, carefully crafted storytelling and Mak's skillfully and radiantly rendered illustrations in this captivating and luminous Chinese variation of the beauty and the beast tale. A 1998 Notable Children's Trade Book in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) A 1997 Pick of the Lists (ABA) |
Contributor Bio(s): Yep, Laurence: - Laurence Yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. His illustrious list of novels includes the Newbery Honor Books Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate; The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee; and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island, which he cowrote with his niece, Dr. Kathleen S. Yep, and was named a New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing" and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book. Mr. Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born. He attended Marquette University, graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and received his PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, the writer Joanne Ryder. Mak, Kam: -Kam Mak grew up in New York City's Chinatown. He earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, and since then he has illustrated book jackets for numerous publishers and taught painting at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has also illustrated The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies by Jean Craighead George, The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein, and The Dragon Prince by Laurence Yep. Kam Mak lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, son, and daughter. |
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