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The Chinese Siamese cat
By Tan, Amy & Schields, Gretchen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-02788-835-5
- Publisher
- New York : Macmillan ; c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1994
K-Gr 3 A Siamese cat tells her children about their "great ancestor, Sagwa of China." That feline started off as a mischievous, pearl-white kitten who lived with her parents in the house of a greedy, autocratic magistrate. Her penchant for trouble lands her in a pot of ink, which stains her paws, nose, ears, and tail. The accident starts a chain of events that leads to the magistrate's tearful reformation, as well as to generations of cats that look Siamese but are actually Chines...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
