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.