cover image Japanese Children's Favorite Stories Book One

Japanese Children's Favorite Stories Book One

Florence Sakade, Yoshisuke Kurosaki. Tuttle Publishing, $19.95 (112pp) ISBN 978-0-8048-3449-0

Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, ed. by Florence Sakade, covers a range of characters, human and animal, from the ""peach boy"" who grows up to conquer a tribe of ogres, to the badger whose nose grows so long it reaches into the sky. These folktales from Japan feature fascinating characters and lessons of kindness and honesty. Originally published in 1953, this revised edition has all-new illustrations by Yoshisuke Kurosaki, which play up the magical qualities of the tales. (Aug.)