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Ada, Alma Flor Gore, Leonid, Illustrator

The Malachite Palace

32 pp. January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-689-31972-X
(4) K-3 Translated by Rosa Zubizarreta. A lonely princess, who's forbidden to play with "common" children, captures a songbird to hear its song. But once caged, the bird stops singing. Letting the bird go, she comes to understand the value of freedom and ventures "beyond the iron gates" herself. Accompanied by acrylic and ink illustrations, this story works for those who don't mind an obvious message.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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