"’It's a potato made out of bark and stuffed with chocolate. It's much handsomer and better than real potatoes. You put a few in your potato patch and the crows like them so much that they leave the real potatoes alone.’”
Mandel introduces the reader to the delightful story of how young Chi Po, aided by the sorcerer Bu Fu, became the greatest painter of all China.
Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Octavo. 86 pages. Near fine copy in very good dust jacket with edge wear in protector. Stunning copy.
