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Sto caricando le informazioni... Ling-Li and the Phoenix Fairy: A Chinese Folktaledi Ellin Greene, Zong-Zhou Wang (Illustratore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book is one that I very much enjoyed. The story was beautiful Chinese folktale that told the story of a girl who sewed a beautiful wedding gown only for it to be stolen by a jealous girl and then found by the Phoenix Fairy. The illustrations told the story in this book. Although there was a good amount of text, the amazingly detailed acrylics brought the story to life. The text described the pictures with phrases like, “As beautiful as the poppy that grows in the fields." The illustrations transported you back to the time that the story was told. The big idea for this book was about the power of humbleness and a good work ethic. The story describes how the girl with lots of money got to buy her wedding gown but the main character made her own and put all of her effort and passion into it. Every time a “drop of blood fell on the rove [from sewing so much] she would embroider a blood red flower.” The effort and time she put into this robe made it so much better than any robe that could be bought which made the rich girl jealous enough to steal it. Ling-Li used her passion to hunt down the robe that was swooped up by magpies and given to the Phoenix Fairy who finally gave it back to her because of her efforts. This theme is a very powerful one and this folktale do a very good job of depicting it. This classic Chinese folktale tells a story of a young poor girl who wove an extraordinary wedding gown for her wedding, that is stolen by a rich girl and is eventually torn into pieces and scattered over the land to represent a common wildflower. This story tells of the Phoenix fairy that is unique to the Chinese culture and is unlike the Greek mythology of the Phoenix. This story is beautiful written with excellent metaphors throughout the book. The illustrations capture the Chinese culture and are meticulous painted to create captivating images. I loved the illustrations in the book that followed the text and enhanced the meaning. When the book talked about the rich girl the illustrations had her gazing into a mirror putting on makeup which helped portray her vanity. I also liked the plot of a poor girl verses a rich girl, the poor girl getting the reward in the end while the rich girl gets punished. I liked how the illustrations matched the Chinese character traits and how they often bridged the pages of the book with the text along the sides instead of at the bottom. Even though the book is definitely read the way English is read, with the text aligned in this manner it gave you the feeling of the Chinese reading experience of top to bottom. The big idea for this book was about quality of character being more valuable then money. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Retells a Chinese tale in which a girl's colorful wedding jacket is stolen and torn into pieces, which ultimately become the flowers we know as impatiens. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)398.2Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literatureClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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This book was written well and sounded like a story your grandparent would read or tell you. I thought that the illustrations were great and really showed what we were reading. I enjoyed getting to read a story from a different culture. ( )