First edition, bilingual English and Japanese edition.
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations
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Print version record.
Summary
With unique and playful illustrations this multicultural children's book is a classic Japanese fairy tale that young children and parents alike will love. The Last Kappa of Old Japan is a warmly written and beautifully illustrated bilingual Japanese children's book that introduces many aspects of traditional Japanese culture and folklore, while teaching an important lesson about environmentalism. The story is of a young Japanese farm boy who develops a friendship with a mythical creature#x97; the kappa#x97;a messenger of the god of water. The tale begins in post-Modern Japan when the boy is young and.
Note
"Previously published as ISBN 978-4-8053-1088-5"--Preliminary page.