Demi: The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

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Demi The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching; illus. by the author 48 pp. McElderry 5/07 ISBN 978-1-4169-1206-4 $21.99 (Intermediate)

Continuing to explore the world's great thinkers (Su Dongpo) and religious leaders (Muhammad, rev. 7/03), Demi presents a legendary figure "who may or may not have been born; who may or may not have founded Taoism, one of the greatest religions in the world." Elegant, minimally limned figures and a text of (sometimes hard to read) gold, all set on circles of lightly clouded blue sky, make a sumptuous package. Lao Tzu was said to have been ...

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