Francesca Pelizzoli, illustrator
Summary:
A greedy emperor demands an impossible task from Lao Lao, a peasant woman who makes beautiful shapes from paper. The full story in Chinese and instructions for making traditional Chinese paper-cuts are also included.
My Review:
This book is beautifully illustrated, and the Chinese text is written near the English, so young readers can get a bit of exposure to the Chinese language. It's a great cautionary tale about being greedy and the consequences of one's actions. I plan to use it as one of the anchor texts of a World Mythology unit I'm creating, and I hope my students like it!
