Japanese Children's Favorite Stories CD Book One: CD Edition - Hardcover

Sakade, Florence; Kurosaki, Yoshisuke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804837171 ISBN 13: 9780804837170

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Includes 75-minute audio CD

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Florence Sakade is the editor and author of numerous books on Japan, including A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese, Origami: Japanese Paper Folding, Kintaro's Adventures and Urashima Taro.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3--Fifty years after its initial publication, Sakade's compilation of popular Japanese folktales has been dusted off and prettied up for this new, third edition. Filled with now-familiar favorites, such as "Peach Boy" and "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow," along with lesser-known yet equally delightful tales, such as "Mr. Lucky Straw," this enduring collection presents 20 stories to enchant and enlighten young readers. Several of the tales can easily be compared with traditional Western counterparts: the main character in "Silly Saburo," for example, mirrors the follies of "Lazy Jack." Although a few of these tales have been made into fully illustrated picture books, this collection is greater than the sum of its parts. Minor text revisions have little effect on the stories, for the most part. "The Ogre and the Cock" has become "The Ogre and the Rooster," a "blue goblin" has been made over to green, and a formerly dead cat has been resuscitated and upgraded to merely "smelly." The text remains simple, clear, and accessible to beginning readers and storytellers alike. The "sparkling new color illustrations" are simply Kurosaki's original stylized scenes, repainted in bright dabs of watercolor. Most libraries will be glad to replace their well-worn older copies with this volume, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that they are nearly identical inside.--Eve Ortega, Cypress Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0804837171
• ISBN 13: 9780804837170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112