Playful goblins with long noses, magic tea kettles and a delightfully brave hero who just happens to be one inch tall-these are some of the wonderful characters you'll meet in this collection of the 20 best-loved Japanese children's stories. Drawn from folklore and passed down for generations, these
Japanese Children's Favorite Stories Book 1
β Scribed by Sakade, Florence
- Book ID
- 108020842
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781462908103
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β¦ Synopsis
Playful goblins with long noses, magic tea kettles and a delightfully brave hero who just happens to be one inch tall-these are some of the wonderful characters you'll meet in this collection of the 20 best-loved Japanese children's stories. Drawn from folklore and passed down for generations, these classic tales speak of the virtues of hard work, humility, kindness and good humor-"Once upon a time . . ." has never sounded so inviting.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of one of our all-time best-selling titles. With a new foreword, each story has been lovingly revised and reset, and all the sparkling illustrations appear in color for the very first time. With so many enchanting stories to choose from, young readers will have a delightful time deciding which is their very favorite.
This classic book has had 51 reprints and sold over 175,000 copies since it was first released in 1953. Other titles in our growing series of Asian Children's Favorite Stories include...
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
9 Peach Boy 16 The Magic Teakettle 23 Monkey-Dance and Sparrow-Dance 27 The Long-Nosed Goblins 32 The Rabbit in the Moon 35 The Tongue-Cut Sparrow 41 Silly Saburo 45 The Toothpick Warriors 50 The Sticky-Sticky Pine 54 The Spider Weaver 60 Little One-Inch 66 The Badger and the Magic Fan
6 The Magic Mortar 10 How to Fool a Cat 13 The Dragon's Tears 17 The Rolling Rice Cakes 21 The Robe of Feathers 25 The Princess and the Herdboy 31 Urashima Taro 36 The Fairy Crane 40 The Old Man with a Wen 43 The Flying Farmer 48 Why the Red Elf Cried 53 The Biggest in the World 58 The S
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