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Guri and Gura CD Edition is the first in a series of eight animal story books about two adorable field mice and their adventures.
In this story, the friends find a giant egg on their walk in the forest, which they use to bake a giant sponge cake. Smelling the cake, the animals gather around to share the freshly baked, fluffy treat.
A story of resourcefulness, friendship, and sharing, this fully illustrated CD edition of a favorite classic is sure to capture the imagination of young children.
In this story, the friends find a giant egg on their walk in the forest, which they use to bake a giant sponge cake. Smelling the cake, the animals gather around to share the freshly baked, fluffy treat.
A story of resourcefulness, friendship, and sharing, this fully illustrated CD edition of a favorite classic is sure to capture the imagination of young children.
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About the Author:
Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1935, Rieko Nakagawa has worked with her sister, illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki, to produce the Guri and Gura series, The Frog Named Elta, The Lion Named Green's Sunday and The Blue Seed.
From Publishers Weekly:
Guri and Gura, popular characters in Japan since their 1963 debut (of which this book is the translation), enter the American market with the first of the publisher's projected series. Here, the two exuberant mice find a huge egg in the forest and decide to use it to make "a sponge cake so big we can eat it from dawn to dusk and still have some left over." Realizing that the egg is too big to move, Guri and Gura haul a huge frying pan (and everything else they need) over to the egg, then mix up the batter, build a fire and share the results with all the animals who have sniffed out their cake. Yamawaki's pared-down line drawings deliver information plainly and directly, with little shading on an expansive white background: Gura holds the lid of the pan (which towers over him), Guri raises his tiny mouse fist in excitement, and the nicely risen cake is revealed. A childlike refrain becomes a light-hearted mantra: "My name is Guri. And my name is Gura. And what do you think we like to do best? Cook and eat. Eat and cook. Yeah! Guri and Gura, that's us." The book's visual appeal is dampened somewhat by bland type design and bleed-through on the matte pages. But cake-making is always a delicious theme for small readers, and Guri and Gura's inventive energy loses nothing in the Pacific crossing. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherTuttle Pub
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0804837821
- ISBN 13 9780804837828
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
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