I am looking for a book that I loved as a child. The theme of it was a
chinese child who loses a shoe. It was one of those old fashioned
oriental thongs with the "three heels"- I don't know how else to
describe it !Now here is where my memory gets fuzzy. I want to say it
is a red shoe, and I think I remember a duck being involved (hopefully
I am not mixing this book up with Ping!) I remember the book having
beuatiful watercolor like illustrations. And I checked out the book
constantly in the 1970's. Thanks! |
Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
17 Feb 2004 04:58 PST
Hi kellysnow,
Could it be "Yeh-Shen", the Chinese Cinderella? It doesn't have a
duck, but a fish plays an important role and the illustrations in the
contemporary editions are done in watercolour. You can see an example
of the illustrations at Amazon.
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
by Ai-Ling Louie
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0698113888/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-1739955-6078301#reader-link
"The earliest text we know was recorded in China in the 9th century,
although the scribe, Tuan Ch'eng Shih, implies that the story is old
even at this time. Yeh-hsien, the Chinese Cinderella, is described as
"very intelligent, very clever" and "good at making pottery on the
wheel." Her mother dies, and then her father as well, leaving her with
the father's co-wife and her daughter, both of whom mistreat
Yeh-hsien. Her only friend is a magical golden fish, who appears to
her in the pond. The step-mother discovers this source of comfort and
promptly kills the fish. Yeh-hsein recovers the bones from the dung
heap, and hides them in her room. The bones are magic, and the fish
continues to help her even after death, providing the food and drink
and warmth that Yeh-hsien's family deny her. When the girl is left
behind on festival day, the bones provide her with clothes: a cloak of
kingfisher feathers and tiny golden shoes. Running home again, the
girl loses a shoe. It is picked up and sold to a warlord, who begins a
massive search to find the woman the tiny shoe will fit."
http://www.endicott-studio.com/forashs.html
Regards,
hummer
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Clarification of Question by
kellysnow-ga
on
17 Feb 2004 20:56 PST
Unfortunately that isn't the right book. I know it had a very "American"
title like "The red shoe" or "The lost Shoe" something to that effect (I
think!.) Thanks!
Kelly Snow
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Request for Question Clarification by
juggler-ga
on
18 Feb 2004 02:13 PST
Hi Kelly,
There's a book listed in the Library of Congress catalog that has the
following description:
"A little girl tries to find her lost shoe. The reader is invited to
supply the ending."
The book is called "One Little White Shoe" (1975).
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&DB=local&CMD=010a+75034180&CNT=10+records+per+page
I don't know if the child in the story is Chinese, but I've emailed a
dealer who has the book.
What do you think? What is "supply your own ending" story?
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Clarification of Question by
kellysnow-ga
on
18 Feb 2004 03:09 PST
I don't know, supplying your own ending doesn't sound familar. I think
that means you decide how the story ends, and if I remember she(?)
finds her shoe in the end. the 1975 might be a little late I probably
was reading it before then. My guess would be it was printed in the
late 60's and I read it in the early 1970's.
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Request for Question Clarification by
juggler-ga
on
18 Feb 2004 11:38 PST
Hi Kelly,
Could the child have been Japanese instead of Chinese?
There's a book called "A Pair of Red Clogs" about a Japanese child.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930900201/
This book was originally published in 1960.
"This is the 2002 reissue of the much-loved story originally published
in 1960. After a young Japanese girl cracks her new red clogs playing
the weather-telling game, she so longs for a new pair to replace them,
that she almost does a dishonest thing. Poignant tale with delightful
color illus."
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=207025025
Could it be that the child pretended to "lose" the shoe in hopes of
getting a new pair?
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Clarification of Question by
kellysnow-ga
on
18 Feb 2004 12:27 PST
I am 99.9% sure that is the book! You are good!!!! So what do I do
now? I have a question... how do you stop people you are helping from
saying that is not what they are looking for, even though it is and
you have just given them an answer? Does that make sense? Just
curious,thanks so much for helping me!!! I am going to be looking for
another kids book, will I automatically get you again?
Kelly
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