Japanese myths, legends, and folktales : bilingual English and Japanese edition = bailingaru de yomu Nihon no muskashibanashi / by Yuri Yasuda ; illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura & Eiichi Mitsui.
Japanese myths, legends, and folktales : bilingual English and Japanese edition = バイリンガルで読む日本の昔ばなし / by Yuri Yasuda ; illustrated by Yoshinobu Sakakura & Eiichi Mitsui.
Shitakiri Suzume = The tongue-cut sparrow -- Kintarō = The strong boy -- Nezumi no yomeiri = The marriage of a mouse -- Urashima Tarō = The fisherman and the tortoise -- Kaguya hime = The luminous princess -- Momotarō = The peach boy -- Kachi kachi yama = The kachi kachi mountain -- Kobutori jiisan = The old men with wens -- Hanasaka jijii = The old man who made trees blossom -- Issunbōshi = The one-inch boy -- Bunbuku chagama = The lucky cauldron -- Sarukani kassen = The monkey-and-crab fight.
Summary
Tales originally written in English by author Yuri Yasuda based on her interpretations of twelve traditional Japanese stories. Japanese versions of each tale include simple kanji with furigana pronunciations to help learners recognize the characters.