The Paper Dragon

Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Between each day's sunrise and sunset, he paints scenes of the gods and their festivals' portraits of heroes and their deeds. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded by people he loves.
But one day a messenger enters the village with terrible news: the dragon Sui Jen has awakened from its hundred years' sleep and is destroying everything in its path. Someone must find a way to return Sui Jen to its slumber. To the villagers, only one among them is wise enough to confront the scaly beast -- Mi Fei.
The power of the artist's vision and the ever-sustaining nature of love are brought together in Marguerite W. Davol's beautiful story, strikingly interpreted by Robert Sabuda in a series of gatefold illustrations that convey the storytelling majesty of the Chinese narrative scrollmaker's art.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/1997
ISBN: 9780689319921
Pages: 60
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.36h x 9.45w x 0.47d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/29/1997 pg. 89
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/1997 pg. 1386
Booklist 10/15/1997 pg. 402
School Library Journal 11/01/1997 pg. 79
ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/1998 pg. 1219
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1997 pg. 27 - Superior,Well Above Average
New York Times 04/19/1998 pg. 32

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 31055 / Paper Dragon
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 0.5