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Seven blind mice

Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Young, Ed
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Philomel Books, 1991.
Series:	Blind men and the elephant.
Subjects:	Fables > Juvenile. Elephants > Folklore > Juvenile nonfiction. Folklore > India > Juvenile nonfiction. Stories in rhyme. Caldecott honor book.
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Summary:	Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.
Item Description:	Adaptation of: The Blind men and the elephant.
Physical Description:	[40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:	0399222618 9780698118959
Author Notes:	Caldecott Medalist Ed Young is the illustrator of over eighty books for children, seventeen of which he has also written. Born in Tientsin, China in 1931, Ed Young grew up in Shanghai and later moved to Hong Kong. As a young man, he came to the United States on a student visa to study architecture but turned instead to art. Young began his career as a commercial artist but found himself looking for something more expansive, expressive, and timeless. He discovered all this, and more, in children's books. Young's quest for challenge and growth are central in his role as illustrator. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Young has since taught at the Pratt Institute, Yale University, Naropa Institute, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. In 1990, his book Lon Po Po was awarded the Caldecott Medal. He has also received two Caldecott Honors - for The Emperor and the Kite and Seven Blind Mice - and was twice nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international recognition given to children's book authors and illustrators who have made a lasting contribution to children's literature. In addition to Ed Young's writing and illustration career, he is also a respected master of t'ai chi and has been teaching students for over 30 years. (Bowker Author Biography)