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When a poor boy in China receives a magical paintbrush, everything he paints turns to life. But the wicked emperor wants to capture the boy when he hears the news. The story will excite readers as the ruler gets his just reward when the boy creates a masterpiece that spells his doom.
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A student of Corita Kent in California, Demi has traveled and studied art throughout the world. She has received several art awards, including a Fulbright Scholarship to study in India, and her diverse range of work has been exhibited from coast to coast and even abroad. Among the mediums she works in are serigraph, watercolor, mobile, collage, and textile design. The author and/or illustrator of numerous well-receieved children's books, including The Empty Pot, makes her home in New York City

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ISBN:
9780805008012
Author:
Demi
Author:
Demi, Hitz
Publisher:
Henry Holt & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children's fiction
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
Subject:
China
Subject:
Folklore
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore - Asian
Subject:
Juveniles
Subject:
People & Places - Asia
Subject:
Folklore -- China.
Subject:
Children s Fairy Tales-General
Subject:
Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic
Subject:
Children s-General
Edition Description:
Picture Book
Series:
Reading Rainbow Book
Series Volume:
1304
Publication Date:
19880731
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Color illustrations
Pages:
32
Dimensions:
8 x 7.59 x 0.093 in
Age Level:
04-08
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