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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009-01-02

Sparrow Girl

Sparrow Girl

Sara Pennypacker, Author

Yoko Tanaka, Illustrator

Hardcover

9781423111870

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From the author of the acclaimed Clementine series comes a story in which a young girl's compassion inspires a small but powerful act of heroism during China's Sparrow War. Full color.
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Even a child’s gentle voice can challenge harmful decisions. A lyrical tribute to the power of observation, compassion, and individual action.

Keywords and Themes: Animals • Asia • Awareness • Birds • Compassion • Courage • Dedication • Emotions & Feelings • Girls & Women • Hope • Individuality • Juvenile Fiction • Nature • Observation • Places • Responsibility • Social Themes • Thoughtfulness • Values & Virtues • War & Military

Readability • 4.2

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 40

Subjects • Food chains (Ecology) • China • History • 1949-1976 • Sparrows • Farm life

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Birds • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Fiction | Places | Asia • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues • Juvenile Fiction | War & Military

A young girl's small but powerful act of heroism during China's "Sparrow War" teaches the value of compassion in this poetic picture book by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Pennypacker.

Sparrows were the enemy of farmers. According to the leader of the country, they were eating too much grain, so he announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China.

But Ming-Li didn't want to chase the birds away. As the people of her village gathered with firecrackers and gongs to scatter the sparrows, she watched in dismay.

Quietly, she vowed to save as many sparrows as she could, one by one...

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