c1993.
1st ed.
Wishing to have good fortune in the new year, an old man tries to trade his wife's kimono for rice cakes. Characters from the Japanese alphabet a
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2009.
Relates how Bokuden Tsukahara, the greatest swordsman of sixteenth-century Japan, deals with a boastful, bullying warrior during a ferry ride acr
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c1990.
Stealing the young goblins' magic fan, a badger makes a fortune after using the fan to make a rich girl's nose grow.
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2005.
1st ed.
Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for
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1978, ©1975.
Relates the consequences of a stonecutter's foolish longing for power.
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c1992.
Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for
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[2003]
An adaptation of a Japanese folktale in which a feudal lord seeks a samurai cat to rid his castle of a savage rat, but soon discovers that violen
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c1992.
1st ed.
A Japanese folk tale about the brave daughter of a samurai warrior and her journey to be reunited with her exiled father.
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c1993.
1st ed.
After facing danger to help a young woman, a poor farmer receives a magic purse that always refills itself with gold.
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c1994.
1st ed.
An artistic young boy's love for drawing cats gets him into trouble and leads him to a mysterious experience. Based on a Japanese legend.
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1994.
1st American ed.
A young girl goes on a long and difficult journey in search of the cat that had been her friend and when she returns with treasure, her harsh mis
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c2009.
1st ed.
A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale describing the origins of the beckoning cat and how it came to be a symbol of good luck.
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