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Loading... The Empty Pot (1990)by Demi
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Young Ping loves flowers as does the Emperor. One day the Emperor announces that he will give each child a seed and the child who grows the best flower will be the next Emperor. Ping tries his best, watering, replanting, and tending the seed daily, no flower grows for Ping, He takes his empty pot among all the beautiful flowers the other children brought. When the Emperor notices the empty pot, he rewards Ping's honesty with the title of Emperor. A great story about honesty. Pictures are somewhat stereotypical. no reviews | add a review
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When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty. No library descriptions found. |
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I'm guessing I read this as a wee one but who knows. I am a little shocked as an adult to see that Demi's a white lady, though- always assumed Asian due to the subject and style of her books! ( )