Tea With an Old Dragon - Hardcover

Yolen, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563976579 ISBN 13: 9781563976575

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 1998

Synopsis

Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

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About the Author

Jane Yolen has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Golden Kite Award, two Christopher Medals, and both the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota and the Regina Medal for her body of work. In 2011 she was named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and St. Andrews, Scotland.

From School Library Journal

Gr 2-4-Young Louisa's curiosity is piqued when the formidable Miss Sophy Smith drives by in her carriage and the boys with whom she is playing refer to its occupant as the "Old Dragon." When Louisa repeats the boys' appellation for this pillar of Hatfield society, the girl's mother sends her off to her room without lunch. After being liberated from her confinement, Louisa sets off to determine who or what this old dragon has to do with the elderly woman. She, of course, begins at the source. Rather than resenting the intrusion of this curious, perplexed child into her fine home, Miss Sophy is charmed by Louisa's direct manner. The two have tea and conversation despite the woman's limited hearing. Louisa plays her new friend's grand piano on her first visit and returns frequently to do so until, to her great disappointment, the child's family moves. The illustrations are executed in oil with an American folk-art flavor consistent with the period in which the story is set. Although somewhat static, the attractive paintings do give a sense of life in a 19th-century New England town. The current president of Smith College has written the introduction, and the author includes an afterword. This smoothly written, mildly humorous historical slice of life is bound to have a regional appeal, but may have difficulty finding a broader readership. Recommend it to patrons seeking stories about strong female characters.-Rosalyn Pierini, San Luis Obispo City-County Library, CA

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Edition details

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1563976579
• ISBN 13: 9781563976575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32