Bamboo Hats and a Rice Cake

by Ann Tompert

Wishing to have good fortune in the new year, an old man tries to trade his wife's kimono for rice cakes

Genres: Picture Books, Japan, Folk Tales

350 pages, Hardcover

First published August 10, 1993

About the author

Ann Tompert is an award-winning children's book author who has written more than 20 books, including Harry's Hats, Just a Little Bit, and Little Fox Goes to the End of the World.

Reviews

[Tao Zheng · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting picture book in the English language that incorporates Japanese kanji for certain words in the story!

I wish the authors had put the Japanese pronunciation on the side panel on every page. They did at the very end of the book (after the story is over)! Aside for the word kimono 着物, I was reading the kanji in Chinese the whole time.

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good introductory book on Japanese culture and language for children.