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Blue Willow
By Conrad, Pam & Gallagher, Susan V.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39922-904-6
- Publisher
- New York : Philomel Books, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1999
Gr 3-5 During the late 1700s, Chinese porcelain and pottery were popular in England, particularly a blue-and-white plate with various design motifs. This "willow" pattern caught on and is still manufactured today. The origins of the story associated with the plate are more obscure, but all of the previous versions contain the same basic elements. When a tyrannical father refuses to let his daughter marry her humble lover, the couple escape together but ar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
