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Blair Lent (illustrator) and
Arlene Mosel
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Publication date
March 15, 1968
Binding
School and Library
Book category
Easy Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805006629
ISBN-10
0805006621
Dimensions
0.50 by 9 by 10.50 in.
Original list price
$17.95
Other format details
juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
Editions
Hardcover
from Lectorum Pubns (May 1, 1995)
9781880507131 | details & prices | 8.50 × 10.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $14.95
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
Har/cas edition from Weston Woods (June 1, 1990)
9780897196918 | details & prices | 11.25 × 11.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.95
Har/cas edition from Scholastic Audio Cassette (October 1, 1985)
9780590631938 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | List price $6.95
About: The folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: The folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
Paperback
With Blair Lent (other contributor) |
Pap/com re edition from St Martins Pr (October 30, 2012)
9781427232113 | details & prices | 8.25 × 10.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.55 lbs | List price $12.99
With Blair Lent (other contributor), Marcia Gay Harden (other contributor) |
Pap/com edition from St Martins Pr (July 21, 2009)
9781427207241 | details & prices | 8.50 × 10.50 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.52 lbs | List price $9.99
With Blair Lent (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Square Fish (April 17, 2007)
9780312367480 | details & prices | 32 pages | 8.00 × 10.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.40 lbs | List price $6.95
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all of their children short names.
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all of their children short names.
With Blair Lent (other contributor), Liwayway Alonso (other contributor) |
from Lectorum Pubns (September 1, 2001)
9781880507803 | details & prices | 8.00 × 9.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $7.99
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
With Blair Lent (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Henry Holt Books for Young Readers (November 15, 1992)
9780805023459 | details & prices | 14.75 × 18.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 1.65 lbs | List price $25.99
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
With Blair Lent (other contributor) |
Reissue edition from Henry Holt & Co (October 1, 1989)
9780805011661 | details & prices | 46 pages | 8.50 × 10.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.30 lbs | List price $6.95
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
Reprint edition from Scholastic (February 1, 1986)
9780590416221 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | List price $3.95
About: The folktale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: The folktale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
School and Library
The price comparison is for this edition
With Blair Lent (other contributor) |
from Henry Holt Books for Young Readers (March 15, 1968)
9780805006629 | details & prices | 9.00 × 10.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.95 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
Reinforced
from Demco Media (February 1, 2002)
9780606209458 | details & prices | 8.25 × 10.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $15.80
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
from Demco Media (October 1, 1989)
9780606043779 | details & prices | 8.50 × 10.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.80 lbs | List price $15.77
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
Prebinding
With Blair Lent |
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 30, 2007)
9781435208377 | details & prices | 7.75 × 10.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.76 lbs | List price $15.95
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all of their children short names.
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all of their children short names.
With Blair Lent (other contributor) |
from Turtleback Books (March 29, 2007)
9781417784172 | details & prices | 8.50 × 10.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.82 lbs | List price $17.15
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all of their children short names.
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all of their children short names.
from Turtleback Books (March 1, 2001)
9780613286756 | details & prices | 8.25 × 10.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $18.40
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: An illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
With Blair Lent (other contributor) |
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780808533818 | details & prices | 8.50 × 10.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.80 lbs | List price $15.65
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
About: Illustrated Chinese folk tale describes how the Chinese came to give all their children short names
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