Japanese Myths, Legends & Folktales (Japanese-English)

Author: Yuri Yasuda
Hardcover: 128 page(s)
Age Range: 6 - 10

Book Description:

beautifully illustrated and presented in both English and Japanese, are 12 of the best Japanese folktalesG++-----++----+shared with generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales engage your imagination as you're carried on turtle-back rides, brought to the underwater palace of the dragon princess, and discover a temple with a "tea kettle" that is really a cunning badger in disguise.

• The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
• The Strong Boy
• The Marriage of a Mouse
• The Fisherman and the Tortoise
• The Luminous Princess
• The Peach Boy
• The Kachi Kachi Mountain
• The Old Men With Wens
• The Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom
• The One-Inch Boy
• The Lucky Cauldron
• The Monkey and Crab Fight

These stories are all richly illustrated, with 98 color illustrations by two of Japan's foremost children's books illustrators. Executed with great skill and imagination, they bring to life the charming characters of these heartwarming tales of old Japan.