Noyes, Deborah,

Red butterfly : how a princess smuggled the secret of silk out of China / Deborah Noyes ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall. - First paperback edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

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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Princesses--Juvenile fiction.
Silkworms--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Children's stories.
Princesses.
Silkworms.


China--Juvenile fiction.
China.


Picture books.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Children's stories.

PS3614.O975 / R44 2019

813.6