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Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin, Li Cunxin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
Before you can fly, you have to be free.In a small, desperately poor village in north-east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, more interested in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But that day, some strange men come to his scho ...Show more
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
$32.95 AUD
Category: Biography and Memoir
The true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world's greatest ballet stars. Li tells his story with charm and simplicity, wit ...Show more
Mao's Last Dancer: Young Readers Edition by Li Cunxin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime.But Li was only eleven years old and he was scared and lonely, pushed away from all that he had ever known and loved. He hated the stri ...Show more
The Peasant Prince by Li Cunxin
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children Picture Books
This true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy, who at the age of ten was plucked unsuspectingly from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, is a fairytale that has captivated children and adults alike. Li tells his story with disarming simplicity and charm, with humour and ...Show more
The Peasant Prince by Li Cunxin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
This true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, is a fairytale that has already captivated many children and young adults.
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