Wrtitten by Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson with painting by Caldecott winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon
A beautiful mandarin duck is captured and caged by a greedy lord who wants to show off the bird's magnificent plumage. But the wild creature pines for his mate. When Yasuko, the kitchen maid, releases the bird against her lord's command, she and the one-eyed servant, Shozo, are sentenced to death. The grateful bird intends to return their kindness, but can he outsmart the cruel lord?
Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Illustration, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.
| ISBN: | 9780140557398 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 1995 |
| Author: | Katherine Paterson |
| Illustrator: | Diane Dillon |
| Publisher: | Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 40 pages |
| Genres: |
Traditional Tales Children’s / Teenage general interest: Birds Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Animal Stories People / Places |