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The Silk Princess
Princess Hsi-Ling Chi has heard tales of a sleeping dragon and ancient gods residing in the Holy Mountains beyond her father’s palace. But when she emerges from the gates for the first time, she is not afraid. She has with her a magical thread unraveled from a tiny cocoon that dropped into the Empress’s teacup, and she knows it will lead her back to the palace garden. But ...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
December 26th 2007
by Random House Children's Books
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This is a great book because gives off a sense of adventure as a little princess, who is neglected by her father, finds a cocoon in a cup of tea. She realizes that the cocoon is made of a fiber, so to test the length she decides to tie one end around her waist and gave the cocoon to her mother to hold. The princess walks along way, other side of the garden, then out the palace gates, then into the woods. Along this journey she encounters a huge spider and a dragon and an old man sewing a robe fo...more
This is a story that is a legend. I would read this to any grade but I would expect the older elementary students to gain more from learning from it. In third grade. students are learning about genres and this book is a legend which can be considered a genre. This story also has colorful vocabulary that can be included into a unit for second or third graders. Some of the words are: glistening, shimmering, unraveling, glided, mist and emerge. Since this is a legend about silk and silkworms, a sci...more
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Not quite as stunning as Santore's "Little Mermaid" but still beautiful illustrations and an interesting fable (or is it?) about how the Chinese learned the secret of silk!
At least the author is honest about how he made much of the story up. The stamps on many pages do not match the story and the characters at all.
The story of the discovery of silk in China. Really cute. Includes a description of the original Chinese legend (Multicultural)
A great picture book for older kids to learn about a part of Chinese history and a legend.
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Charles Santore is an American illustrator best known for his children's books. His work is on display permanently at the Brandywine River Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. He won the Hamilton King award from the New York Society of Illustrators. His book William the Curious won the 1998 Storytelling World Honor from Storytelling magazine.
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