Although each book in Virginia Walton Pilegard's Warlord’s series stands alone, if read in order—The Warlord’s Puzzle, The Warlord’s Beads, The Warlord’s Fish, The Warlord’s Puppeteers, The Warlord’s Kites, The Warlord’s Messengers, and finally The Warlord’s Alarm—one can follow the clever peasant boy from the river where he fished with his father to the warlord’s palace and ultimately to a meeting with the Emperor of all China. The author will sign and date all books. To have her autograph personalized, name(s) must be sent directly to vwpilegard@gmail.com at the time of the order. Visit Mrs. Pilegard's blog, "Getting it Right for Kids!" |
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The Warlord’s Puzzle |
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The Warlord’s Beads After the peasant fisherman and his son move into the warlord’s palace, the peasant is accused of stealing some of the items he must count. Using jade beads and peach switches, the boy makes an abacus to exonerate his father. Craft: counting frame |
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The Warlord’s Fish Kidnapped and carried by caravan through a blinding sandstorm on China’s perilous Silk Road. Chuan saves his mentor, the artist, himself and their captors with the use of a floating fish compass. The grateful kidnappers set Chuan and the artist free. Craft: floating fish compass |
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The Warlord’s Puppeteers On the journey back to the warlord’s palace, Chuan meets Jing Jing, a puppeteer’s daughter. When the company is set upon by bandits, the children are able to replace stolen puppets by learning to use ratio to make new ones. Craft: sock puppet |
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The Warlord’s Kites Marauding soldiers are sent running with the “magic” of Jing Jing’s mysterious whistling kites. She and Chuan must find the area of a square using nonstandard measurement to create their kites from the finest Tang Dynasty paper. Craft: brown paper bag kite |
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The Warlord’s Messengers Chuan and Jing Jing help the warlord save time and “face.” With their creation of a land-sailing carriage and some good old-fashioned mathematical reasoning they arrange for the warlord to journey to the city of the emperor in record time. Craft: wind sock |
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The Warlord’s Alarm Chuan and Jing Jing defeat a rival warlord’s plans of gossip and court intrigue. Using a leaking, leather water bag and an empty cabbage bowl they create an alarm clock to awaken their warlord in time to state his case before the Emperor first. Craft: water alarm clock and analog clock face |
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The Emperor’s Terra-cotta Army |
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If you prefer to shop locally, the author recommends this handy reference for independent booksellers: Illustrator for The Warlord’s Series Nicolas Debon’s incredible paintings are a big part of the success of the Warlord’s series. He developed a unique signature for the Warlord’s series—the dragon fly—and ultimately chose it as his personal logo. If you look closely at the illustrations, you will discover many dragonflies, historic Asian warrior symbols of courage and daring. Nicolas also adds a horse in each book to celebrate Mrs. Pilegard’s childhood. |
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Illustrator for “The Emperor’s Terra-cotta Army” Adrian Tans has been chosen to illustrate “The Emperor’s Terra-cotta Army” due to be released by Pelican Publishing Company fall 2010. Adrian is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and has illustrated two other Pelican picture books.
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