A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim.
A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim. Read Less Description
A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim.
A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim. Read Less Description
A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim.
Qin Wenjun was born in Shanghai in 1954. She expresses her conviction that all children are worthy of being portrayed in her famous quote, “Each and every child is an irreplaceable miracle.” The beauty and innocence she depicts in her works are impossible for children themselves to put into literature and too often forgotten by adults. She has served as the President of the China-Japan Children’s Literature and Fine Arts Exchange Association, promoting awareness of children’s literature and ne arts between the two countries. In 2008, in Shanghai, she founded the Shanghai Board on Books for Young People (SHBBY), a branch of CBBY whose members include over a hundred writers and illustrators from that city.
Yu Rong
Born in China, Yu Rong first trained as a primary school teacher, and then studied for a B.A. in Chinese Painting and Contemporary Art Design (Nanjing Normal University’s Art College) and an M.A. in Communication and Design (Royal College of Art, London). She now lives near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim.
A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim. Read Less Description
Details:
SKUWW-NL5519
ISBN9781478868712
Series
Reycraft Books
Lexile level600L
Genre
Historical Fiction
Language
English
Theme
Narrative Fiction
Juvenile Fiction / F
Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic Juvenile Fiction / Family / General Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner
Full Description
A girl retells the story of this legendary female warrior, who long ago fought bravely to protect her people. Mulan’s father taught her to ride horses and fight with a spear. When her people were under attack, the army needed more men. To spare her ailing father, Mulan disguised herself as a man and rode off to war, where her bravery and skills won her wide acclaim.
Author & Illustrator
Qin Wenjun
Qin Wenjun was born in Shanghai in 1954. She expresses her conviction that all children are worthy of being portrayed in her famous quote, “Each and every child is an irreplaceable miracle.” The beauty and innocence she depicts in her works are impossible for children themselves to put into literature and too often forgotten by adults. She has served as the President of the China-Japan Children’s Literature and Fine Arts Exchange Association, promoting awareness of children’s literature and ne arts between the two countries. In 2008, in Shanghai, she founded the Shanghai Board on Books for Young People (SHBBY), a branch of CBBY whose members include over a hundred writers and illustrators from that city.
Yu Rong
Born in China, Yu Rong first trained as a primary school teacher, and then studied for a B.A. in Chinese Painting and Contemporary Art Design (Nanjing Normal University’s Art College) and an M.A. in Communication and Design (Royal College of Art, London). She now lives near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
