The Silk Princess
- ISBN-10
- 0375936645
- ISBN-13
- 9780375936647
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Author
- Charles Santore
Description
After a cocoon falls into her tea cup and unravels to form a long, delicate thread, Hsi-Ling Chi, a princess in ancient China, meets a mysterious man who reveals how to transform the cocoons into silk.
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