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Wiese lived and traveled in China for six years,<2> selling merchandise as a young man. At the outbreak of World War I, he was captured by the Japanese, and turned over to the British. He spent five years as a prisoner, most of them in Australia, where his fascination with the animal... read more
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 1949 of 240 in Caldecott Honor. (authoritative list)
Awards edit
- Caldecott Honor (1949)
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