Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb (1999), Edition: 1st, 48 pages
Description
After seeing the disparity between the conditions of her father's palace and the city beyond its walls, the Emperor's daughter has the royal kitemaker build a huge kite to take her away from it all.
User reviews
LibraryThing member mmjones3
The princess is stuck inside the walls of the palace. She sees the poverty of the city outside the wall and orders her father to mke the city beautiful. She will stay on the kite in the sky untill the city is beautiful.
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Picture Book — 2002)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2001)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1999
Physical description
9.25 inches
ISBN
0761450548 / 9780761450542
Local notes
An original fairy tale but with beautiful illustrations in a Japanese style.