The Empress and the silkworm

author: Hong, Lily Toy
A fictionalized account of the Empress of China's discovery, around 2700 B.C., that the cocoons of the worms in her mulberry trees were made of fine, shiny, silken thread which could be made into beautiful cloth.
year: 1995
call number/section: 1000
subjects: silk, fiction, kings, queens, rulers, etc, china, history, fiction, kings, queens, rulers, etc
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