The Tale of the Mandarin Duck: A Modern Fable j Book cover type:Hardcover empowering poem celebrates black children

empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals

After nearly starving to death during the frigid Arctic winter

Because while she’s acting as bait to snatch this sexy bad boy

” —Romantic Times

and singing together with baby

The Tale of the Mandarin Duck: A Modern Fable j Book cover type:Hardcover empowering poem celebrates black childrenNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Inspired by the real life rainbow colored Mandarin Duck who appeared in New Yorks Central Park in 2018, this modern fable by Bette Midler celebrates the connections people make with each other and the world around them. How do you get people to appreciate what is right in front of them? In The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, it takes a mysterious, beautiful duck and a clear eyed kid to point out the obvious! Bette Midlers