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Once Upon a Time in Japan / Translated by Roger Pulvers & Juliet Winters Carpenter ; Illustrated by Manami Yamada, Tomonori Taniguchi, Nao Takabatake & Takumi Nishio

Contributor(s): Publisher: Tokyo, Japan : Tuttle Publishing , [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 120 pages : colour illustration ; 21 x 24 cm. + 1 audio disc (12 cm.)Content type:
  • text, still image, spoken word
Media type:
  • unmediated, audio
Carrier type:
  • volume, audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9784805313596
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 398.20952
Contents:
The wife who never eats -- The mill of the sea -- The monkey and the crabs -- The magical hood -- Sleepyhead Taro and the children -- The fox and the otter -- The gratitude of the crane -- The tale of the bamboo cutter.
Summary: Bringing Japanese folk stories to the English-speaking world, this book presents eight stories from the popular NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation's popular radio series Once Upon a Time in Japan. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by a talented Japanese artist. The tales recounted here are among Japan's oldest and most beloved stories.
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Book Perpustakaan Alor Setar RFIDTI Pinjaman Kanak-kanak K 398.20952 ONC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A01667057

Published in association with NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation.

The wife who never eats -- The mill of the sea -- The monkey and the crabs -- The magical hood -- Sleepyhead Taro and the children -- The fox and the otter -- The gratitude of the crane -- The tale of the bamboo cutter.

Bringing Japanese folk stories to the English-speaking world, this book presents eight stories from the popular NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation's popular radio series Once Upon a Time in Japan. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by a talented Japanese artist. The tales recounted here are among Japan's oldest and most beloved stories.

Translated from the Japanese.

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