{"id":7928,"date":"1997-03-04T21:01:24","date_gmt":"1997-03-05T01:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7928"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:39:20","slug":"sir-whong-and-the-golden-pig-by-oki-s-han-and-stephanie-haboush-plunkett-illustrated-by-oki-s-han","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/sir-whong-and-the-golden-pig-by-oki-s-han-and-stephanie-haboush-plunkett-illustrated-by-oki-s-han\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Whong and the Golden Pig by Oki S. Han and Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, illustrated by Oki S. Han [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Sir-Whong-and-the-Golden-Pig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32800\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Sir-Whong-and-the-Golden-Pig.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Whong and the Golden Pig\" width=\"379\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>The stranger Mr. Oh requests to borrow a huge sum of money from wealthy Sir Whong in order to help his ill mother. He offers a priceless golden pig as security. Sir Whong generously agrees. But Mr. Oh proves to be a greedy liar and Sir Whong devises his own plan to retrieve his money. Based on age-old Korean folklore, adapted by Han and Plunkett.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1993<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/sir-whong-and-the-golden-pig.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Whong and the Golden Pig\" title=\"Sir Whong and the Golden Pig\" width=\"126\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7029\" \/>The stranger Mr. Oh requests to borrow a huge sum of money from wealthy Sir Whong in order to help his ill mother. He offers a priceless golden pig as security. Sir Whong generously agrees. 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