**Winner of the 2015 Gelette Burgess Award for Best Multicultural Book**
When wily animals, everyday people and magical beings come together in a collection of Japanese fairytales, wonderful things are bound to happen!
Bringing Japanese folk stories to the English-speaking world, this book presents eight stories from the popular NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation's popular radio series Once Upon a Time in Japan. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by a talented Japanese artist. The tales recounted here are among Japan's oldest and most beloved stories. Entertaining and filled with subtle folk wisdom, these retold stories have been shared countless times in Japanese homes and schools for generations. Like good stories from every time and place, they never grow old. Kids (and their parents!) will enjoy hearing these stories read aloud on the accompanying CD.
The fairytales and classic stories in this collection include: The Wife Who Never Eatsthe story of a man who learns the hard way the evils of stinginess. The Mill of the Seathe story of how a greedy man was responsible for the saltiness of sea water. The Monkey and the Crabthe crabs teach a tricky monkey a lesson in fa...**Winner of the 2015 Gelette Burgess Award for Best Multicultural Book**
When wily animals, everyday people and magical beings come together in a collection of Japanese fairytales, wonderful things are bound to happen!
Bringing Japanese folk stories to the English-speaking world, this book presents eight stories from the popular NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation's popular radio series Once Upon a Time in Japan. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by a talented Japanese artist. The tales recounted here are among Japan's oldest and most beloved stories. Entertaining and filled with subtle folk wisdom, these retold stories have been shared countless times in Japanese homes and schools for generations. Like good stories from every time and place, they never grow old. Kids (and their parents!) will enjoy hearing these stories read aloud on the accompanying CD.
The fairytales and classic stories in this collection include: The Wife Who Never Eatsthe story of a man who learns the hard way the evils of stinginess. The Mill of the Seathe story of how a greedy man was responsible for the saltiness of sea water. The Monkey and the Crabthe crabs teach a tricky monkey a lesson in fairness and honesty. The Magical Hoodan act of kindness reaps great rewards. Sleepyhead Taro and the Childrena story about what can be accomplished at the right time, and with the right help and the right spirit. The Fox and the Otterhow a fox pays the price of deceit and selfishness. The Gratitude of the Cranea story about the rewards of kindness and the danger of curiosity. The Tale of the Bamboo Cuttera girl who starts life very tiny turns out to be big in many ways.(展開(kāi))
這本也是我收藏的一本精裝繪本有聲書(shū),配CD。這是一位旅日作家Roger Pulvers與日本NHK國(guó)家廣播電臺(tái)合作的一本向外國(guó)孩子介紹日本古老經(jīng)典童話(huà)的繪本。在前言中作者有一段話(huà)特別打動(dòng)我“Maintaining the harmony and good nature of the group is more important than satisfying any individuals. Selflessness is, perhaps , the finest Jap...