A Chinese Zoo: Fables and Proverbs

Title

en_US A Chinese Zoo: Fables and Proverbs

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Demi

Creator

en_US Demi See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Demi

Date

2016-01-25T16:18:00Z

en_US 1996-08

en_US 1987

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:18:00Z

Date Issued

en_US 1987

Abstract

en_US Here is another lovely book by Demi. The proverbs of the title are the morals of the thirteen fables, which invite reflection very effectively. The layout of each two-page spread is the same: a fan-design encloses the illustration, with text above left and right and moral in English and Chinese below in the center. My favorites include the stories of the hedgehogs and the supposedly stolen spade, of the bee-stung bear who explains I only saw the honey, of the pandas with three-foot chopsticks in hell and heaven, and of the artist who exclaimed It took a year to learn how to paint a perfect picture of the Dragon Queen in a flash! Several fables present variations of better known stories. Thus DS features a phoenix over water, there are three blind mice around an elephant, a squirrel is ready to hold up the falling sky, and a lion approaches unicorns in TB. Well done, Demi! The extra copy has seen a great deal of use. Its dust jacket tells some interesting tales: Did Jovanovich bow out of the firm between the two printings? In any case, the firm's addresses both in San Diego and in New York have changed between printings.

Identifier

en_US 152175105

en_US 2488 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78028

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

en_US San Diego, CA

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.D3 Ch 1987 See all items with this value

en_US Chinese See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole