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The Blue Stone

A Journey Through Life

Full Description

A large, beautiful blue stone is discovered in a forest. It is cut in half, and one half stays in the forest while the other starts on a long and mystical journey through many places, many owners, and many transformations. It begins as a statue of an elephant, admired by museum goers, and then becomes a carved bird residing in an elderly woman's garden. It becomes a moon, a cat, a necklace, and more. Throughout it all, the stone longs to return home, and finally it crumbles to dust and flies with the wind back to rest with its other half in the forest. ... more

About Author

Jimmy Liao was born in Taipei, Taiwan and received a degree in design from the Chinese Culture University. He is the author and illustrator of 18 hugely popular books that have been translated into English, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, and Thai. His first book for Little, Brown, The Sound of Colors, was published March 2006.

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Little Brown and Company
Category:
JUVENILE FICTION
Format:
HARDCOVER BOOK
Subformat:
PICTURE BOOK
Publish Date:
4/1/2008
Price:
$16.99
ISBN:
9780316113830
Pages:
80
Size:
8-1/8" x 9-3/4"