Any child who has ever imagined a journey into a two-dimensional expanse will be carried away by the passion Drummond brings to the subject. An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Full color.
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"Absorbing and distinctive," said PW of this story inspired by a classic china pattern. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Grade 1-3-- Drummond relates his version of the story depicted on the willow pattern china. It is a tale of star-crossed lovers eventually put to death by the maiden's vengeful father and reborn as doves eternally kissing above the painted landscape. The author/illustrator re-creates the feel of the pottery art with his predominantly pale blue-and-white gouache and pencil illustrations. However, for children who have not seen a willow pattern plate, the idea will remain obscure. The story, invented in the 1800s to fit the picture on the china, has traditional, folkloric elements but lacks a sense of authenticity. It sounds like an advertising ploy, and this retelling doesn't salvage it. While adequately written, it won't generate much interest. --Karen James, Louisville Free Public Library, KY
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This book is a wonderful book, especially for children with moms (like me!) who collect and serve meals on Blue Willow china! My daughters, 7 and 4, love this story and request that I "tell it by heart" at bedtime. They also carefully look at our dishes and retell the story to each other, finding all the characters and locations on the plate. The illustrations are lovely. This is a very special book.
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This is a wonderful book. I especially enjoy owning it, because I am a Blue Willow collector. The book is appropriate for all ages and its' story is everlasting.
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A life long collector of willow patterned china and all things willow, this beautiful retelling of the "legend" told in the beloved pattern is lovely and fun. The watercolor wash illustrations with story elements interposed over the pattern bring a unique vision of a tale lost in time.
The story entered the language through the King Aurthur legends with the tales of Tristan and Isolde. It was much later adapted to the pattern of the beloved china and illustrates the journalistic adage, "If the facts interfere with the story, go with the story." Allan Drummond's THE WILLOW PATTERN STORY is one of the finest examples of story telling, which ends with the question. "What does it mean?" For us it means all of our stories contain some reference to the universal use of willow patterned china. Nash Black, author of WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.
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FLY WITH ME, over China, and down into the landscape of the willow pattern. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
willow pattern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Koong Shee, Great Pagoda New!
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