Favorite fairy tales told in Japan

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Favorite fairy tales told in Japan

retold by Virginia Haviland ; illustrated by Carol Inouye

(Virginia Haviland's favorite fairy tales series, book 13)

Beech Tree Books, 1996

  • : pbk

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Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1967

"A Beech Tree Paperback Book" -- t.p.

Summary: Five traditional Japanese tales: "One-inch Fellow," "The Good Fortune Kettle," "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow," "Momotaro," and "The White Hare and the Crocodiles."

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  • One-inch fellow
  • The good fortune kettle
  • The tongue-cut sparrow
  • Momotaro or the story of the son of a peach
  • The white hare and the crocodiles

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A badger who turns himself into a teakettle, a brave young man who is only one inch tall, a young hero whose parents find him growing inside a peach - these are just some of the magical characters who appear in this collection of traditional Japanese tales.

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