Fu-Dog ***Signed and Dated by Illustrator***

Godden, Rumer; Littlewood, Valerie (illustrations)

ISBN 10: 0862033683 / ISBN 13: 9780862033682

Published by Julia MacRae Books, London, 1989

About this Item

First Edition / First Print. Large hardback copy in pictorial boards. Matching unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. Colour illustrations throughout (both full page and within text). Signed twice by illustrator. First to copyright page 'To Jane with best wishes Valerie'. Second to title page 'Valerie littlewood '89'. Not library copy. (63/2).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1717227830865

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fu-Dog ***Signed and Dated by Illustrator***
• Publisher: Julia MacRae Books, London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0862033683
• ISBN 13: 9780862033682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A Chinese English girl, her brother, and a toy dog run off to London to see their Chinese great uncle and have a wonderful adventure.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4-- When a four-inch green satin Fu-dog arrives at the Smith house in Devon, a gift from Great Uncle, Malcolm declares it hideous, but his seven-year-old sister Li-la loves her latest birthday present from faraway London. Although her half-Chinese mother looks "like any English mum," and her brother is blonde, Li-la closely resembles the Chinese relations she has never met. Her father claims they are "too pernickity" for him, while her mother sighs that Dad is "too rough and ready" for them. Still, Li-la longs to know her Chinese grandmother's brother. Encouraged by conversations with the Fu-dog, Li-la persuades Malcolm to take her to London. Without their parents' knowledge, they make the train journey and manage, by great good fortune, to find Great Uncle's restaurant in London's Chinatown just as Chinese New Year celebrations begin. While Li-la's racial identity crisis is too easily solved, readers who like Godden's other oriental doll fantasies ( Miss Happiness and Miss Flower and Little Plum both Penguin, 1987) will enjoy this shorter book. With warm, appealing illustrations and delicate borders on every page, Fu-Dog most resembles Gooden's The Story of Holly and Ivy (Penguin, 1985) , its nostalgic flavor spiced with a dash of the pleasantly exotic. --Margaret A. Chang, Buxton School, Williamstown, MA
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