Description: Further DetailsTitle: Once Upon a Time in JapanCondition: NewEAN: 9784805313596ISBN: 9784805313596Publisher: Tuttle PublishingFormat: Mixed Media ProductRelease Date: 11/03/2015Item Height: 203mmItem Length: 229mmItem Weight: 709gLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 4805313595Description: **Winner of the 2016 Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award** **Winner of the 2015 Gelett Burgess Award for Best Multicultural Book** When wily animals, everyday people and magical beings come together in a collection of Japanese fairy tales, wonderful things are bound to happen!Each story is brilliantly illustrated by a different talented Japanese artist. The tales recounted here are among Japan's oldest and most beloved stories. Entertaining and filled with subtle folk wisdom, these retold stories have been shared countless times in Japanese homes and schools for generations. Like good stories from every time and place, they never grow old. Kids (and their parents!) will enjoy hearing these stories read aloud on the accompanying audio recordings. The fairy tales and classic stories in this collection include:The Wife Who Never Eats—the story of a man who learns the hard way the evils of stinginess.The Mill of the Sea—the story of how a greedy man was responsible for the saltiness of seawater.The Monkey and the Crab—the crabs teach a tricky monkey a lesson in fairness and honesty.The Magical Hood—an act of kindness reaps great rewards.Sleepyhead Taro and the Children—a story about what can be accomplished at the right time, and with the right help and the right spirit.The Fox and the Otter—how a fox pays the price of deceit and selfishness.The Gratitude of the Crane—a story about the rewards of kindness and the danger of curiosity.The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter—a girl who starts life very tiny turns out to be big in many ways.All media content is alternatively accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Children's BooksAuthor: Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)Translator: Juliet Carpenter, Roger PulversContributor: Juliet Carpenter (Translated by), Roger Pulvers (Translated by)Release Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Once Upon a Time in Japan
Title: Once Upon a Time in Japan
EAN: 9784805313596
ISBN: 9784805313596
Release Date: 11/03/2015
Release Year: 2015
ISBN-10: 4805313595
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Roger Pulvers
Contributor: Roger Pulvers (Translated by)
Book Title: Once Upon a Time in Japan
Number of Pages: 120 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Topic: Legends, Myths, Fables / Asian, Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic, People & Places / Asia, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 25 oz
Author: Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nhk)
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 9 in
Format: Mixed Lot
