Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin
By: by Michelle Lord ; illustrated by Felicia Hoshino.
Contributors: Hoshino, Felicia, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781584302483
Subjects: Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917 -- Fiction; Dance -- Fiction; Cambodia -- History -- 1863-1953 -- Juvenile fiction; Cambodia -- History -- 1863-1953 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; Juvenile fiction.
Description: In the early 1900s, little Sap, a young girl from the rice fields of Cambodia, wins a coveted place in the royal dance troupe and learns the steps so well that she is noticed by the famous artist Auguste Rodin, who rewards her with a special prize. A foreword and an author's note give additional information about the history of Cambodia, Khmer dance, and August Rodin.