Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat

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Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is a children's book by Amy Tan that follows the adventures of a young Siamese cat in imperial China and inspired an animated television series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's book
literary work
adaptation Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (TV series) NERFINISHED
author Amy Tan NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts imperial Chinese court life
educationalAspect introduces elements of Chinese history and customs
featuresCharacterType anthropomorphic animals
featuresCulture Chinese culture
genre children's literature
picture book
hasCharacter Chinese magistrate
Sagwa's family
hasFormat illustrated book
hasIllustrations yes
hasTheme adventure
cultural heritage
family
responsibility
inspired Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (TV series) NERFINISHED
intendedAgeGroup early readers
intendedUse read-aloud book
literaryPeriod late 20th century
mainCharacter Sagwa NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
originalLanguage English
protagonistSpecies Siamese cat
setting imperial China NERFINISHED
targetAudience children

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Amy Tan notableWork Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat