Red butterfly : how a princess smuggled the secret of silk out of China / Deborah Noyes ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2019Copyright date: Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781536203769
  • 1536203769
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3614.O975 R44 2019
Summary: A young Chinese princess is sent from her father's kingdom to marry the king of a far-off land. She must leave behind her home of splendors: sour plums and pink peach petals and -- most precious and secret of all -- the small silkworm. She begs her father to let her stay, but he insists that she go and fulfill her destiny as the queen of Khotan.
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A young Chinese princess is sent from her father's kingdom to marry the king of a far-off land. She must leave behind her home of splendors: sour plums and pink peach petals and -- most precious and secret of all -- the small silkworm. She begs her father to let her stay, but he insists that she go and fulfill her destiny as the queen of Khotan.

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