The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen, Ed Young (Illustrator)
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(Hardcover - Reissue)
- Age Range: 4 to 8
- Pub. Date: April 1988
- 32pp
- Sales Rank: 439,830
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 1988
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 32pp
- Sales Rank: 439,830
- Age Range: 4 to 8
- ISBN-13: 9780399214998
- ISBN: 0399214992
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: Reissue
Synopsis
Largely ignored by her own family, Princess Djeow Seow spends her days playing with a kite made from paper and sticks. But when the Emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, only the Princess can save the day, flying her kite high up into the sky to rescue her father. A familiar jewel polished to unaccustomed brilliance. — Booklist It is rare to find a book where the beauty of the language and image are so finely meshed as in this tale of loyalty and love. — United Press International Jane Yolen lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts and Scotland. Ed Young lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
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When the emperor is imprisoned in a high tower, his smallest daughter, whom he has always ignored, uses her kite to save him.
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Loyalty to familyby Anonymous
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June 16, 2007: Even though the princess is very much ignored, she ends up saving her imprisoned father, the emperor, in the tower with her kite. Teaches children not to have grudges against parents who may be occupied with other things.
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