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  <title><![CDATA[The Seven Chinese Brothers (Blue Ribbon Book)]]></title>
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  <default_description>The Seven Chinese BrothersMargaret Mahy, Illustrations Jean and Mou-sien Tseng. A magnificently illustrated and authentic retelling of the classic Chinese folk tale of the seven brothers and their supernatural gifts. &quot;Exceptional.&quot; -SLJ, starred review Grade Level: PreK-2</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1990</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Margaret Mahy]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 17 09:40:37 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book when I was about 5 or 6.  It was utterly weird, dreamlike and surreal, and I sensed that even at that age.  ]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 15 19:30:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is unlike any other book that I read. It was obviously a traditional story but it was far more interesting. The characters of the book were really cool with their different &quot;powers&quot; and the illustrations were intersting, too. I felt like the story and the illustrations went hand ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74681448">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book brought in a lot of culture, like every time they mentioned the Emperor they said things like &quot;whose whisper is like a rumble of thunder&quot; or &quot; whose merest glance was like a flash of lightening&quot;. The book was funny and very creative.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting folk tale and I like that the book emphasizes different gifts that different people have.  I just wish that folk tales didn't have to be so violent.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[goog story 4 litl kids]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was a magical book as a child.  I recently bought it for my son.  Even though he has a short attention span, he stayed with it, fascinated by all those brothers and their &quot;super powers&quot;.  Did it change, though?  It seems like the one from my childhood had one of the brothers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21112315">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this one. The main message is about working together to accomplish something individuals could not.  Classic Chinese tale.  There is a female version, &quot;Seven Chinese Sisters&quot; that is every bit as engaging, perhaps more (Kathy Tucker).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first book I bought with my own money (at a school book sale in 1980)...fond memories were justified when I read it to my children.  A great story of all for one and one for all.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These seven brothers have amazing skills that &quot;just happen&quot; to be exactly what they need to rescue each other and survive when one is falsely imprisioned!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a favorite from my childhood.  I loved reading it to all of my children.  I was especially fasinated with the brother who could swallow the sea!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember really liking it as a wee one. I'd like to go back and check it out again.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a cute story!  A great moral of brotherly love.  A new favorite find of mine.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I try to read all the books referenced in R.E.M. lyrics.]]></body>
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