The Emperor and the Kite

The Emperor and the Kite

The Emperor and the Kite is a book written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ed Young.

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Author:Jane Yolen
Genre:Children's literature
Year published:1967
Number of editions:7

Honors and Awards

YearAward Won
1968 Caldecott Honor
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Author of The Emperor and the Kite

Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen
Age:73
Birthplace:New York City
Education:Smith College

Jane Hyatt Yolen is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She wrote the Nebula Award-winning Sister Emily's Lightship and Lost Girls , as well as Owl Moon and The Emperor and the Kite, Caldecott Medal winners,...
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Additional works by Jane Yolen
BookCopyright DateGenre
The Devil's Arithmetic Fantasy
The Devil's Arithmetic
Owl Moon Children's literature
Briar Rose 1992 Young adult literature
Sister Light, Sister Dark 1988 Fantasy
White Jenna 1989 Fiction
Armageddon Summer 1998 Young adult literature
The girl in the golden bower Children's literature
King Long Shanks Fiction
Not one damsel in distress
Harvest home 1973 Speculative fiction
Meet the monsters
How do dinosaurs learn their colors?
Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons 2002 Speculative fiction
The wizard's map 1999 Children's literature
Queen's own fool
Child of faerie, child of earth Children's literature
The books of great Alta 1990 Speculative fiction
The young Merlin trilogy August 2004 Children's literature
Miz Berlin walks Children's literature
The ballad of the pirate queens Children's literature
How do dinosaurs count to ten?
The Pictish child October 1999 Children's literature
The transfigured hart 1997 Speculative fiction
A letter from Phoenix Farm
Least things
How do dinosaurs play with their friends?
O Jerusalem Poetry
Bedtime for bunny
Baby Bear's books
Prince across the water
Welcome to the icehouse
The bagpiper's ghost
The sea man
Dimity Duck
The Mary Celeste Children's literature
Twelve impossible things before breakfast 1997 Fiction
Merlin and the dragons March 1997 Children's literature
Grandma's hurrying child
The Prince of Egypt
Mightier than the sword 2002 Speculative fiction
Here there be ghosts
Piggins and the royal wedding Children's literature
The fairies' ring 1999
How do dinosaurs eat their food?
Raising Yoder's barn
Jason and the Gorgon's blood
Sacred places
Before the storm
The Dragon’s Boy 1990 Speculative fiction
Here there be unicorns
Once upon a bedtime story
Fine feathered friends
Grandad Bill's song
The One-Armed Queen 1998 Fiction
How do dinosaurs get well soon?
Girl in a cage
Pegasus, the flying horse
How do dinosaurs say goodnight? September 1, 2008 Speculative fiction
Welcome to the sea of sand Children's literature
Beneath the ghost moon Fiction
Here there be angels 1996 Speculative fiction
Baby Bear's chairs
Children of the wolf Fiction
How do dinosaurs clean their rooms?
A sending of dragons 1987 Children's literature
Tea with an old dragon
Count me a rhyme Poetry
Fairy tale feasts Children's literature
Atalanta and the Arcadian beast March 2003 Fiction
A sip of Aesop
Here there be dragons 2006 Fantasy
The hurrying child
Commander Toad and the voyage home Science Fiction
The radiation sonnets
The Barefoot book of ballet stories
Where have the unicorns gone?
Sword of the rightful king August 2004 Fantasy
Off we go!
Heart's blood 1984 Speculative fiction
Sea watch
The Sea King
Milk and honey
Dragon's blood 1982 Speculative fiction
The three bears rhyme book Poetry
Moon ball
The wild hunt 1995 Fantasy
Color me a rhyme Nature
Pay the piper July 1, 2005 Fantasy
Take joy Reference
Little Mouse & Elephant
The Stone Silenus 1984 Speculative fiction
Cards of Grief 1984 Speculative fiction
Odysseus in the Serpent Maze 2001 Speculative fiction
Dream Weaver 1979 Speculative fiction
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories 2000 Speculative fiction
Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea People 1982 Speculative fiction
Good Griselle 1994 Speculative fiction
The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales 1977 Speculative fiction
Wild wings
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