Cixi "The Dragon Empress"
Cixi "The Dragon Empress"
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Summary
The last empress of China, Cixi fought ruthlessly to isolate her country from the West while cloistered inside her lavish Forbidden City and ignoring the needs of her people. Her extravagant lifestyle, bouts of bad temper, and brutal punishments earned her a reputation as a cruel and ignorant leader. This title is suitable for ages 9 to 12 years.
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Cixi "The Dragon Empress" by Natasha Yim
The last empress of China, Cixi fought ruthlessly to isolate her country from the West, while cloistered inside her lavish Forbidden City, ignoring the needs of her people. But was the Dragon Empress evil or just out-of-touch? Gorgeous illustrations and an intelligent, evocative story bring to life a real dastardly dame whose ignorance brought a centuries-old dynasty crashing down, ending the imperial system that had ruled China for millennia.
Natasha Yim is a children's author and an accomplished playwright. Her books include Otto's Rainy Day, published by Charlesbridge Publishing and selected as a Kids' Pick of the Lists, Cixi "The Dragon Empress" in The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Dastardly Dames, and Sacajawea of the Shoshone in the The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Real Princesses. A new picture book, Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, is due out from Charlesbridge in 2014. Natasha has also written plays that have been staged in the U.S. and abroad. She lives in Northern California with her family. Peter Malone has illustrated over twenty children's books for such publishers as Chronicle, Knopf, Putnam, Running Press, and Scholastic. In addition to creating gorgeous illustrations, he wrote the book, Close to the Wind, about the use of the Beaufort scale for measuring wind force at sea. School Library Journal called it "informative and utterly charming." He lives in Bath, England, with his wife, a restorer of paintings, and their two grown daughters.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780983425656 |
| ISBN 10 | 0983425655 |
| Title | Cixi "The Dragon Empress" |
| Author | Natasha Yim |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Goosebottom Books Llc |
| Year published | 2011-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Multicultural Nf Teen/YA) 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |