| Hu Wan and the Sleeping Dragon Contributor(s): Young, Judy (Author), Solano, Jordi (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1585369772 ISBN-13: 9781585369775 Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Asia - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 9.1" W x 11.1" (1.00 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Outside Beijing, China, in the year 1572, nine-year-old Hu-Wan tends the vegetable garden with his grandfather. Their specialty is growing gourds that are made into ladles and bowls and sold in the marketplace. Each year, one special gourd is made into a cricket cage. This year, it is Hu-Wan's turn to grow and carve the special gourd. He decides it should be carved into the shape of a sleeping dragon. When Hu-Wan learns that the emperor has died and his nine-year-old son is named Emperor of China, he decides to give the dragon cricket cage to the young emperor to offer comfort and cheer. |