The Clay General by Kim Xiong and Clarissa Yu Shen, translator.  Palo Alto, CA:  Better Chinese LLC, 2008.

ISBN:  1606030027

Media:  Mixed media of paint, pastel, ink, and photographs.

Q5/P5

Retelling of a Chinese folk tale about a clay figurine that avoids being fired and thinks he has outwitted everyone, until he realizes clay will not retain its shape.

PERSONIFICATION:  An example from the text is “Even the haughty teapot bowed his head to the general, getting water everywhere.”

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