Download Link : http://www.rarshare.com/japanese-childrens-favorite-stories-anniversary-edition-by-florence-sakade-pdf Japanese Children's Favorite Stories: Anniversary Edition by Florence Sakade [PDF] "Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition (February 4, 2014) Delight your children with this classic! For 60 years, generations of English-speaking children around the world have been enchanted by Japanese Children's Favorite Stories and for good reason. With such titles as ""The Toothpick Warriors"" and ""The Rabbit Who Crossed the Sea"", these 20 stories offer age-old lessons in kindness and goodness that are still riveting to children and parents alike. This 60th Anniversary Tuttle edition is proof that good stories never wear out. In this treasure trove of much-beloved Japanese children's stories, you'll meet charming characters drawn from folklore and passed down for generations. These tales about playful goblins with long noses, walking statues, and a delightful hero who just happens to be one inch tall speak of the virtues of honesty, humility and hard work. What better way for a parent to teach than through stories that thrill their children! Author Florence Sakade, a pioneer of English-language publishing in Japan, has compiled so many enchanting stories, readers will have a difficult time deciding which is their favorite. The sparking illustrations by Yoshisuke Kurosaki are a visual treat that readers of all ages will enjoy! His original and stylized watercolors bring to life the fascinating tales of fairy cranes, eel catchers, and singing turtles, among many others. These Japanese stories shine on every page, and are sure to captivate your family as they have many others. Editorial Reviews 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 Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist Gr. 2-4, younger for reading aloud. This third edition, the fiftieth anniversary edition of a Japanese classic, has undergone minor cosmetic changes. The 20 stories remain intact, but color has been added to all of the pictures previously rendered in ink and wash. The pages are also slightly larger, allowing more white space. As with previous editions, sources are not cited and there is no index, but some of the stories, such as ""Peach Boy,"" will be familiar to youngsters through American versions. This attractive new dressing should attract more children to the classic compilation of Japanese folklore. Linda Perkins Copyright American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews "

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