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Folklore -- Asia -- Film adaptations.
Folklore -- China -- Film adaptations.
Folklore -- Japan -- Film adaptations.
Compassion -- Juvenile films.
Ducks -- Juvenile films.
Power (Philosophy) -- Juvenile films.
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Folklore -- Asia -- Film adaptations.
Folklore -- China -- Film adaptations.
Folklore -- Japan -- Film adaptations.
Compassion -- Juvenile films.
Ducks -- Juvenile films.
Power (Philosophy) -- Juvenile films.
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Asian folk tales [videorecording (DVD)].
Weston Woods Studios, c2008.
Call #:
DVD 398.2095 A832
Subjects
Folklore -- Asia -- Film adaptations.
Folklore -- China -- Film adaptations.
Folklore -- Japan -- Film adaptations.
Compassion -- Juvenile films.
Ducks
-- Juvenile films.
Power (Philosophy) -- Juvenile films.
Series
Weston Woods DVD library.
ISBN:
9780545138925
0545138922
Alternate title:
The
tale
of the
mandarin
ducks
[videorecording (DVD)].
The stonecutter [videorecording (DVD)].
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (21 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Features: Easy-to-use menus.
Iconographic.
Program use only.
Public Performance Rights.
English with optional English read-along subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Contents:
The
tale
of the
mandarin
ducks
/ author, Katherine Paterson ; illustrators, Leo and Diane Dillon -- The stonecutter / author and illustrator, Gerald McDermott.
Performers:
Tale
of the
mandarin
ducks
: Narrated by B.D. Wong.
Summary:
"The
Tale
of the
Mandarin
Ducks
: A greedy lord captures a drake to enjoy its beautiful plumage, separating a pair of
Mandarin
ducks
that had always stayed together. A compassionate couple reunites the pair of
ducks
, but when the lord discovers the missing drake, he banishes them both, deciding they must be executed. In the end the couple is saved - but by whom? The Stonecutter: Tasaku is a lowly cutter of stone who works diligently each day, cutting stone from a mountain. One day he witnesses a prince pass by and decides he too wants wealth and power. He asks the spirits to let him become a prince... then the sun... then the clouds... and finally a mountain... when he finds himself being chipped away at by a lowly stonecutter"--Container.
Audience:
Ages 5-9. Weston Woods.
Awards:
The Stonecutter is an ALA Notable Book.
Genre:
Program materials.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs for children.
Other authors:
Paterson, Katherine.
Tale
of the
mandarin
ducks
.
McDermott, Gerald. Stonecutter.
Dillon, Diane.
Dillon, Leo.
Wong, B. D.
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