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Author Gilchrist, Cherry.

Title Stories from the Silk Road / retold by Cherry Gilchrist ; illustrated by Nilesh Mistry.

Publication Info. New York : Barefoot Books, 1999.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J398.27 GILCHRIST    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 GIL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 80 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Woven wind -- The bride with the horse's head -- The jade gate -- Monkey and the river dragon -- Dunhuang--the city of sands -- White cloud fairy -- Demons & dragons of the Taklamakan -- The enchanted garden -- Kashgar Caravanserai -- The magic saddlebag -- Heavenly horses of the Kirghiz -- Clever Ashik -- The splendors of Samarkand -- A rainbow in silk.
Summary Stories from the journey along the ancient trade route between East and West. Includes tales of dragons, demons, goddesses and spirits, with sumptuous illustrations and intriguing facts.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 3.0 86074.
Subject Medieval -- Folklore.
Tales -- Asia, Central.
Folklore -- Asia, Central.
Silk Road -- Juvenile literature.
Asia -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Mistry, Nilesh, illustrator.
ISBN 1902283252: $19.95
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