{"id":8049,"date":"1997-03-04T13:28:29","date_gmt":"1997-03-04T17:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=8049"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:39:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:39:34","slug":"little-plum-by-ed-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/little-plum-by-ed-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Plum by Ed Young [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\/Little-Plum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32895\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Little-Plum.jpg\" alt=\"Little Plum\" width=\"488\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>A childless, elderly couple long for a child, &#8220;even if he were only as big as a plum seed.&#8221; Indeed, the woman bears Little Plum, who never grows larger than a plum seed. But he matures into an ingenious, brave young man, eventually saving his entire village from the greedy evil lord. Mighty, indeed, is <a href=\"http:\/\/edyoungart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ed Young<\/a>&#8216;s art, as well!<\/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>: 1994<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6963\" title=\"Little Plum\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/little-plum.jpg\" alt=\"Little Plum\" width=\"125\" height=\"153\" \/>A childless, elderly couple long for a child, &#8220;even if he were only as big as a plum seed.&#8221; Indeed, the woman bears Little Plum, who never grows larger than a plum seed. But he matures into an ingenious, brave young man, eventually saving his entire village from the greedy evil lord. Mighty, indeed, is <a href=\"http:\/\/edyoungart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Young<\/a>&#8216;s art, as well!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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