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The Child in the Bamboo Grove
A daughter of the Sun spends some years on earth enriching the life of an old bamboo cutter, stirring the hearts of young men, and enchanting the Emperor.
- GenresPicture Books
28 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1971
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Rosemary Harris
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Harris attended school in Weymouth, and then studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the Chelsea School of Art and the Courtauld Institute. She served in the British Red Cross Nursing Auxiliary Westminster Division during World War II, and has worked as a picture restorer, a reader for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a children's book reviewer for The Times from 1970 to 1973. She won the Carnegie Medal in 1968 for The Moon in the Cloud. This book was the first in a trilogy set in ancient Egypt. The subsequent books were The Shadow on the Sun and The Bright and Morning Star. The book was also the basis for a 1978 episode of the BBC series "Jackanory." Other books dealt with topics as diverse as terrorism, magic and futuristic totalitarianism.
Harris attended school in Weymouth, and then studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, the Chelsea School of Art and the Courtauld Institute. She served in the British Red Cross Nursing Auxiliary Westminster Division during World War II, and has worked as a picture restorer, a reader for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a children's book reviewer for The Times from 1970 to 1973. She won the Carnegie Medal in 1968 for The Moon in the Cloud. This book was the first in a trilogy set in ancient Egypt. The subsequent books were The Shadow on the Sun and The Bright and Morning Star. The book was also the basis for a 1978 episode of the BBC series "Jackanory." Other books dealt with topics as diverse as terrorism, magic and futuristic totalitarianism.
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June 2, 2018
Long, but funny, with extra details that made it worth the extra time it took to read. Until the end when it got, erm, 'poignant.' The art is supposedly true to the Japanese style, and the copyright page mentions the name of the original story. However, no note or reference is included. Just barely worth 4 stars.
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