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Review of "Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China" by Deborah Noyes

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Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China
by Deborah Noyes

Candlewick
Hardcover
$16.99 Suggested Retail Price

This is the classic story of a young Chinese princess who has to leave her father's kingdom for a land far across the desert to marry the king. The princess loves her father's kingdom and begs him to let her stay, but he insists. The finely detailed illustrations by Sophie Blackall give Deborah Noyes' retelling of this story a sense of place that draws you into the emotions of the sad princess. A beautiful book that will be treasured by many families.


Rainbo Electronic Reviews published this review in our February, 2008 issue.



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