The Empress and the silkworm / Lily Toy Hong.

A fictionalized account of the Empress of China's discovery, around 2700 B.C., that the cocoons of the worms in her mulberry trees were made of fine, shiny, silken thread which could be made into beautiful cloth.

Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Hong, Lily Toy
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 1995.
Subjects:	Silk > Juvenile fiction. China > Juvenile fiction.