Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories 1 & 2 by Florence Sakad & Yoshisuke Kurosaki (Illustrator)
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Overview: The late Florence Sakade is widely recognized as a pioneer of English language publishing in Japan. She was an experienced editor and the author/compiler of such favorites as A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese, Origami: Japanese Paper Folding, and Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories. Her distinguished career spanned four decades, and she worked until her death in 1999 at the age of 82.
Genre: Children’s Fiction|Japanese Traditional Tales Retold|Age Level: 5-14|Grade Level: K-9
Volumes 1 & 2
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 these two collections of 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.
Volume 1
New Preface
Original Publisher
Foreword
Peach Boy
The Magic Tea Kettle
Monkey-Dance and Sparrow-Dance
The Long-nosed Goblins
The Rabbit in the Moon
The Tongue-cut Sparrow
Silly Saburo
The Toothpick Warriors
The Sticky-Sticky Pine
The Spider Weaver
Little One-Inch
The Badger and the Magic Fan
Mr Lucky Straw
Why the Jellyfish has no Bones
The Old Man Who Made Trees Blossom
The Crab and the Monkey
The Ogre and the Cock
The Rabbit Who Crossed the Sea
The Grateful Statues
The Bobtail Monkey
Volume 2
The Magic Mortar
How to Fool a Cat
The Dragon’s Tears
The Rolling Rice Cakes
The Robe of Feathers
The Princes and the Herdboy
Urashima Taro
The Fairy Crane
The Old Man with a Wen
The Flying Farmer
Why The Red Elf Cried
The Biggest in the World
The Sandal Seller
The Dinging Turtle
Saburo the Eel Catcher
Kintaro’s Adventures
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