Brilliant paintings illuminate this retelling of a popular Japanese folktale. Coveting a mandarin duck for his plumage, a greedy lord captures and cages him. The kitchen maid releases the bird and is sentenced to death. How the grateful drake returns the kindness, and outsmarts the capricious lord makes for a wondrous outcome. An ALA Notable Book.
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ISBN–13: 9780140557398
Publisher: Puffin Books
Publication Date: Nov-1995
Pages: 40
Lexile Level: 0930
Ages: 02 - 05
BISAC Categories: General