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Sparrow Girl

Sparrow Girl - Hardcover

by Sara Pennypacker
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sara Pennypacker, Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2009-02-01Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781423111870ISBN-10:1423111877UPC:9781423111870Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Animals, Girls & Women, People & PlacesBook Topic:Birds, AsiaAward:2011 Bluebonnet Awards Nominee - Children's Award|2012 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Storybook Award|2012 West Virginia Children's Book Award Nominee - Children's AwardSize:9.70 x 9.32 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SCSC0M8805
A young girl's small but powerful act of heroism during China's "Sparrow War" teaches the value of compassion in this poetic picture book by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Pennypacker.

Sparrows were the enemy of farmers. According to the leader of the country, they were eating too much grain, so he announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China.

But Ming-Li didn't want to chase the birds away. As the people of her village gathered with firecrackers and gongs to scatter the sparrows, she watched in dismay.

Quietly, she vowed to save as many sparrows as she could, one by one...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9781423111870ISBN-10:1423111877UPC:9781423111870Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Animals, Girls & Women, People & PlacesBook Topic:Birds, AsiaAward:2011 Bluebonnet Awards Nominee - Children's Award|2012 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Storybook Award|2012 West Virginia Children's Book Award Nominee - Children's AwardSize:9.70 x 9.32 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SCSC0M8805
Sara Pennypacker is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pax, the Clementine series and its spinoff series, Waylon, and the acclaimed novels Summer of the Gypsy Moths and Here in the Real World. She divides her time between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Florida. She invites you to visit her online at sarapennypacker.com.

Yoko Tanaka is the author-illustrator of Dandelion's Dream and the illustrator of novels and picture books including The Magician's Elephant, Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh, and Princessland. She lives in London and invites you to visit her online at yoko-tanaka.com.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Awards

🏆 2011 Bluebonnet Awards Nominee - Children's Award|2012 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Storybook Award|2012 West Virginia Children's Book Award Nominee - Children's Award

Contributor(s)

Sara Pennypacker, Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator)

Author

Sara Pennypacker

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