Stated First Impression With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Adaption Of A Twelfth-Century Anonymous Japanese Story. Laminated Pictorial Boards With Matching Jacket. Light Bumping To The Upper Spine And The Lower Front Corner. The Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Wrinkling At The Edges. Seller Inventory # 040856

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Title: The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A ...

Publisher: Philomel Books, New York, New York, U. S. A.

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Cooper, Floyd

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Living in twelfth-century Japan, Izumi, a young girl who is fascinated by small creatures, especially caterpillars, ignores the rigid conventions of Japanese court life and the wishes of her parents to pursue her own interests and choices.

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A young woman resists social and family pressures as she befriends caterpillars and other socially unacceptable creatures.

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