The Khan's Daughter: A Mongolian Folktale
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0590483897 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Wonderful Book!" according to A Customer. This book has it all; wonderful illustrations, a great plot, humor, romance, and a believeable happy ending. If you want a book to expand your child's horizons that you can enjoy too, you won't do better than this.
Hearing it foretold that he will marry the Khan's daughter someday, poor shepherd boy Mongke journeys to the Khan's court to prove himself worthy but is taught a lesson by the strong-minded princess that neither of them will forget.
The brisk pace risks being cursory, but the prose is assured; in the peasant's first glimpse, the city of domed tents resembles "so many buttons sewn onto a giant sheet of brown felt." While the casual tone updates an old tale, the animated watercolors of the Tsengs, who have collaborated with Yep before (The Ghost Fox; The Boy Who Swallowed Snakes), establish the Mongolian setting. The Khan's daughter, Borta, is not looking for a hero anyway: she is perfectly happy with a guy who caves in at the first sign of danger. Ages 5-8. Copyright 1996 Reed Bu