num_pages: 40
description: Wrtitten by Newbery Medalist Katherine Paterson with painting by Caldecott winning illustrators Leo and Diane DillonA beautiful mandarin duck is captured and caged by a greedy lord who wants to show off the bird's magnificent plumage. But the wild creature pines for his mate. When Yasuko, the kitchen maid, releases the bird against her lord's command, she and the one-eyed servant, Shozo, are sentenced to death. The grateful bird intends to return their kindness, but can he outsmart the cruel lord?Winner of the  Boston Globe /Horn Book Award for Illustration, and a  New York Times  Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.
language: English
title: The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
titlecomplete: The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks (Picture Puffins)
genres: Fiction, Animals, Asia, Geography, Picture Books, Folk Tales, Japan, Childrens, Fairy Tales, Folklore
ratings_count: 511
places: Japan
publisher: Puffin Books