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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Umezawa, Rui

Strange Light Afar: Tales of the Supernatural from Old Japan

160 pp. | Groundwood | September, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55498-723-8 $18.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-55498-724-5
(3) YA Illustrated by Mikiko Fujita. Umezawa retells eight Japanese folktales, expanding on them and offering character details that explain why the protagonists act as they do. The stories each portray a specific trait (honor, envy, betrayal) and are engaging but not for the faint-hearted (in one a dog is beaten to death, for instance). An eerie illustration opens each of these mysterious retellings. An afterword provides sources.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

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