The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

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The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

Description

A talking tea kettle, a monstrous goblin-spider that lives in a haunted temple, miniature soldiers that plague a lazy young bride, and other fanciful creatures abound in this captivating collection of eleven Japanese fairy tales.Youngsters are transported to an exotic, faraway world of samurai warriors, rice fields, humble cottages, and a magical spring in five tales excellently translated and adapted by noted writer and linguist Lafcadio Hearn: "The Fountain of Youth," "Chin-Chin Kobakama," "The Goblin-Spider," "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings,"...

ISBN(s)

0486403483, 9780486403489

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