The Peasant Prince

'This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true . . . '

In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid, but his mother urges him to follow his dreams. For soon he will become a dancer, one of the finest dancers in the world . . .

So begins The Peasant Prince, The true story of Li Cunxin's extraordinary life. Based upon his internationally best-selling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer, this remarkable picture book captures the essence of one of the most inspiring stories to come from China in many years.

With hauntingly beautiful illustrations by award-winning artist Anne Spudvilas, Li's journey of courage and determination is simply told, and as powerful as any fairytale

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Li Cunxin

Mao's Last Dancer
Li Cunxin

$32.95 (Trade paperback / Viking )

From the bestselling autobiography by Li Cunxin

A film directed by Bruce Beresford

In cinemas October 1

Before you fly, you have to be free.

This is my story. Here is my recollection of those years growing up in Mao's Ch... More »

Mao's Last Dancer
Li Cunxin

$32.95 (Paperback book / Viking )

In a small, desperately poor village in north-east China, a young peasant boy sits at his rickety old school desk, interested more in the birds outside than in Chairman Mao's Red Book and the grand words it contains. But... More »

Mao's Last Dancer (Young Readers Edition)
Li Cunxin

$19.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )

One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime.

But Li was only eleven years old and he was scared... More »

The Peasant Prince
Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas

$29.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )

'This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true . . . '

In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid,... More »

Mao's Last Dancer (Audio CD)
Li Cunxin

$34.95 (Compact disc / Bolinda )

This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet ... More »