Author: PATERSON, KATHERINE & DILLON, LEO & DIANE.
Title: The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks.
Description: New York: Dutton/ Lodestar, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 0590449885. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Color Illustrations; 8 1/2 x 11 1/4; 34 pages; Hard cover has light bumping, some scuffing. Yellow spine with brown lettering. Missing DJ. Illustrated end papers. Gorgeous pictures by Leo & Diane Dillon. Pages are clean and tight. A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks. Wonderful, unusual story with fabulous pictures. Pages not numbered.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

Keywords: 0590449885 Jfiction; Juvenile Fiction: Animals; Animal Fiction; Folk Lore; Fairy Tales; Japan: Children's Literature ; Picture Books; Juvenile Fiction Cultural History Animals Art Japan Fairy Tales/Folk Lore