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Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale about a poor sail maker who gains a beautiful but mysterious wife skilled at weaving magical sails.
4) Tsunami!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells the traditional Japanese tale in which a boy, who has defeated all the other boys in his village in wrestling, travels to the city to test his skill at a sumo tournament, but along the way he meets a girl who is even stronger than he.
Author
Publisher
Lodestar Books/Dutton
Pub. Date
[1990]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of a Japanese folktale in which a feudal lord seeks a samurai cat to rid his castle of a savage rat, but soon discovers that violence is not always the best way to accomplish things.
10) The mouse bride
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Determined to find the mightiest husband for herself, a mouse approaches the sun, a cloud, the wind, and a house, before the unexpected victor finally appears.
16) Peach boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years.
18) The snow wife
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When a Japanese woodcutter breaks his promise and describes his encounter with a terrifying snow woman, he loses his wife and must make a dangerous journey to win her back.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years.
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