The Tale of the Mandarin Duck
The Tale of the Mandarin Duck

Author: Bette Midler

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0593176766

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by the real-life rainbow-colored Mandarin Duck who appeared in New York’s Central Park in 2018, this modern fable by Bette Midler celebrates the connections people make with each other and the world around them. How do you get people to appreciate what is right in front of them? In The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, it takes a mysterious, beautiful duck and a clear-eyed kid to point out the obvious! Bette Midler’s distinctive voice joins striking photos of the real duck by Michiko Kakutani and charming black-and-white drawings by Joana Avillez. This book will have readers of all ages coming back to visit the fantastical interpretation of New York City and its odd ducks—both feathered and human. An afterword by Ms. Kakutani adds details to the facts behind this one-of-a-kind story of the Mandarin Duck.

The Tale of the Mandarin Duck
The Tale of the Mandarin Duck

Author: Bette Midler

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 0593176782

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by the real-life rainbow-colored Mandarin Duck who appeared in New York’s Central Park in 2018, this modern fable by Bette Midler celebrates the connections people make with each other and the world around them. How do you get people to appreciate what is right in front of them? In The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, it takes a mysterious, beautiful duck and a clear-eyed kid to point out the obvious! Bette Midler’s distinctive voice joins striking photos of the real duck by Michiko Kakutani and charming black-and-white drawings by Joana Avillez. This book will have readers of all ages coming back to visit the fantastical interpretation of New York City and its odd ducks—both feathered and human. An afterword by Ms. Kakutani adds details to the facts behind this one-of-a-kind story of the Mandarin Duck.

The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

Author: Katherine Paterson

Publisher:

Published: 2004-05-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780756776985

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Brilliant watercolor and pastel paintings in the style of 18th-century Japanese woodcuts illuminate this engaging retelling of a popular Japanese folktale. Coveting a mandarin duck for his magnificent plumage, a greedy lord captures and cages him for all to admire. But the wild creature pines for his mate. When Yasuko, the kitchen maid, releases the bird against the lord1s command, she and the one-eyed servant, Shozo, are sentenced to death. How the grateful drake and his mate return the loving couple1s kindness and outsmart the capricious lord makes for a wondrous outcome. Illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon, winners of numerous awards, including the Caldecott Medal, studied ukiyo-e, a type of Japanese art. A wise and beautiful book. Reinforced binding.

Animal Eye
Animal Eye

Author: Paisley Rekdal

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2012-02-26

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 0822978385

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Voted one of the five best poetry collections for 2012 by Publishers Weekly, Animal Eye employs pastoral motifs to engage a discourse on life and love, as Coal Hill Review states "It is as if a scientist is at work in the basement of the museum of natural history, building a diorama of an entire ecosystem via words. She seem snot only interested in using the natural world as a metaphoric lens in her poems but is set on building them item by item into natural worlds themselves."

All You Need for a Beach
All You Need for a Beach

Author: Alice Schertle

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004-05-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0547564287

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There's nothing quite like a day at the beach! And Alice Schertle and Barbara Lavallee's clever companion to All You Need for a Snowman is the perfect recipe for fun in the sun. Plant a yellow umbrella in the sand, roll out a beach towel, and pour a glass of frosty lemonade. . . . But wait! What's the most important part of a beach? A surprise ending will inspire young adventurers everywhere to don their shades and head for the beach.

Chicken Little
Chicken Little

Author: Rebecca Emberley

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009-03-03

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781596434646

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When an acorn falls on her head, the chicken, Henny Penny, is convinced the sky is falling.

The Rainbabies
The Rainbabies

Author: Laura Krauss Melmed

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2004-03-16

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0688151132

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On a moonlit night. . . In the magic of a moonshower, a childless couple finds a dozen tiny babies in a meadow. Written in classic folktale tradition, illustrated with astonishing paintings, The Rainbabies is woven from magic and moonbeams.