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The Emperor and the Kite [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Juvenile Fiction)
  • Author:  Yolen, Jane
  • Author:  Yolen, Jane
  • ISBN-10:  0698116445
  • ISBN-10:  0698116445
  • ISBN-13:  9780698116443
  • ISBN-13:  9780698116443
  • Publisher:  Puffin Books
  • Publisher:  Puffin Books
  • Pages:  32
  • Pages:  32
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-1998
  • Pub Date:  01-May-1998
  • SKU:  0698116445-11-SPLV
  • SKU:  0698116445-11-SPLV
  • Item ID: 100123604
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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 InternationalJane Yolen lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts and Scotland. Ed Young lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.Born and raised in New York City, Jane Yolen now lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She attended Smith College and received her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. The distinguished author of more than 170 books, Jane Yolen is a person of many talents. When she is not writing, Yolen composes songs, is a professional storyteller on the stage, and is the busy wife of a university professor, the mother of three grown children, and a grandmother.

Active in several organizations, Yolen has been on the Board of Directors of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America from 1986 to 1988, is on the editorial board of several magazines, and was a founding member of the Western New England Storytellers Guild, the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild, and the Bay State Writers Guild. For twenty years, she ran a monthly writer's workshop for new children's book authors. In 1980, when Yolen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree by Our Lady of the Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts, the citation recognized that throughout her writing career she has remained true to her primary source of inspiration--folk culture. Folklore is the perfect second skin, writes Yolen. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world. Folklore, she bell35

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