Little One-Inch & Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories

by Florence Sakade, Yoshisuke Kurosaki

With this Japanese book for children, your whole family can experience the wonder and excitement that these well-loved tales bring to story time or bedtime reading.

Welcome to a fantastic world populated by mischievous monkeys, a dragon king and a host of other beloved characters who have lived on for centuries in the traditional tales of Japan.

Drawn from folklore passed down from generation to generation, the ten enchanting stories collected in this Japanese children's book have been lovingly retold for today's readers. Vibrantly illustrated in full color and packed with thrilling adventures, funny discoveries, and valuable lessons, they're sure to become story time favorites — and serve as an introduction to Japan and its culture.

Included are some of Japan's classic Readers of any age and culture will find much to love and return to time & again in Little One-Inch And Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories.

Genres: Childrens, Japan, Picture Books, Fiction

48 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1958

About the author

The late Florence Sakade is widely recognized as a pioneer of English language publishing in Japan. She was an experienced editor and the author/compiler of such favorites as A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese, Origami: Japanese Paper Folding, and Japanese Children's Favorite Stories. Her distinguished career spanned four decades, and she worked until her death in 1999 at the age of 82.

Reviews

[Jaide · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightfully-told with delightful illustrations.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Text heavy, short on illustrations. Certainly not meeting the criteria for a picture book.

Plus, the stories were strange and abrupt.

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the illustrations, and the stories are good (I loved this as a child). Japanese fairy tales have a different tone and pace to Western ones, which makes a fun change.

[Professor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another one of the Baroness's childhood books, I loved this collection of folk tales and enjoyed reading them to my son even if he's too old to understand what I'm saying-yet. Sure to be a favorite in the coming years. :)