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Folk Tales of Japan (Folk Tales Around the World Series)
Folk Tales of Japan - Folk Tales Around the World Series Folk Tales of Japan was adapted by the well-known writer Shirlee P. Newman, after her successful adaptation of Folk Tales of Latin America. Mrs Newman has been writing children's books and magazine articles for many years, and is the author of two popular juvenile books. — Welcome to the islands of Japan, which were formed by erupting volcanoes..... more ».the islands that people once believed were humps on the back of a wicked dea serpent. At one time Japan was closed to the rest of the world. Only in the last century has this early version of the bamboo curse been lifted.
In these stories, you will meet mighty warriors whose black-haired maidens had faces shaped like valentine hearts. Hear songs of nightingales and smell perfumed blossoms. It will be easy to make believe you are in a teahouse drinking tea. Listen to the flute. Look into gardens... you may see deer and even monkeys. If you like, catch butterfly fish or work in the rice paddies until the heavy rains come. Remember to bring honor to your parents, like the obedient Yukiko, who was told to wear a bowl over her head because she was too beautiful for everyone to see. Or you can be the boy who fell in love with the Girl-With-the-Bowl-on-Her-Head and married her anyway - then see what will happen! When you've completed your journey through this land of rice cakes and Buddha, you can say sayonara, which mean good-by.
Perhaps you will meet someone who does not know the islands, and through this book you might welcome him to Japan.« less