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Wada, Stephanie, Reteller

Momotaro and the Island of Ogres

47 pp. | Braziller | May, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-8076-1552-8 $19.95
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Kano Naganobu. Momotaro, the Peach Boy of Japanese folklore, defeats marauding ogres with the help of a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant. This graceful retelling, detailed and descriptive, is illustrated with a treasure: an early nineteenth-century Japanese handscroll, painted on silk. Careful readers and viewers will be richly rewarded. The postscript provides additional information about the scrolls and the tale.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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