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Momotaro and the Island of Ogres
By Wada, Stephanie & Naganobu, Kano
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80761-552-2
- Publisher
- New York : George Braziller, 2005.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2005
Gr 3-8 For centuries, Japanese storytellers have recounted how Momotaro, the baby found inside a peach and raised by a childless couple, grew up to defeat a tribe of thieving ogres. Kano Naganobu (1775-1828), an official painter for the Shogun, depicted Momotaro's exploits on a pair of silk handscrolls. Wada has retold Peach Boy's adventures to accompany reproductions of scenes from those scrolls. T...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
