The Paper Dragon - Marguerite W. Davol - Books - Atheneum Books for Young Readers - 9780689319921 - November 1, 1997
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The Paper Dragon 1st edition

Marguerite W. Davol

The Paper Dragon 1st edition

Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Between each day's sunrise and sunset, he paints scenes of the gods and their festivals' portraits of heroes and their deeds. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded by people he loves.
But one day a messenger enters the village with terrible news: the dragon Sui Jen has awakened from its hundred years' sleep and is destroying everything in its path. Someone must find a way to return Sui Jen to its slumber. To the villagers, only one among them is wise enough to confront the scaly beast -- Mi Fei.
The power of the artist's vision and the ever-sustaining nature of love are brought together in Marguerite W. Davol's beautiful story, strikingly interpreted by Robert Sabuda in a series of gatefold illustrations that convey the storytelling majesty of the Chinese narrative scrollmaker's art.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released November 1, 1997
ISBN13 9780689319921
Publishers Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages 60
Dimensions 240 × 238 × 12 mm   ·   476 g
Language English  
Contributor Robert Sabuda