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The Empress and the silkworm / written and illustrated by Lily Toy Hong.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 1995.Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0807520098
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [E] 20
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.H7475 Em 1995
Summary: A fictionalized account of the Empress of China's discovery, around 2700 B.C., that the cocoons of the worms in her mulberry trees were made of fine, shiny, silken thread which could be made into beautiful cloth.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Historical Events Hong, Lily Toy Available 33111004062481
Total holds: 0

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Almost five thousand years ago, a young Chinese empress was having tea in the garden. A cocoon from a mulberry tree fell into her cup. Through a dream and her persistence, the first silk cloth was made.

A fictionalized account of the Empress of China's discovery, around 2700 B.C., that the cocoons of the worms in her mulberry trees were made of fine, shiny, silken thread which could be made into beautiful cloth.

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