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The Crane Wife

32 pp. October, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201407-1 $$16.00
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Gennady Spirin. In this classic Japanese tale, a poor sailmaker's kindness to an injured crane brings him the wife he so desires and whose loss he suffers through his own greed and lack of trust. Bodkin's language reaches moments of stunning poetry, and Spirin creates exquisitely beautiful pages, whose gilded appearance serves as an artful foil to the whiteness of the feathery crane.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1998

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