Japanese Fairy Tales (Classic Japanese Fairy Tales , Vol 1)

Rating:
Summary: Delightful and well written
Review: The book consists of six tales: The Straw Millionare; The Contest; Bouncing Rice Ball; The Monkeys' Statue; Little One Inch Boy; Tail Fishing. The humorous tales address themes such as how to live a good, kind life, how to achieve happiness, and the price to be paid for cruelty, greediness and cowardice. The tales themselves are very entertaining, but what I like most of all is that they are very well written. The words seem to flow off my tongue as I read the stories to my daughter.

I think the book is appropriately categoried in the 4-8 year range. The tales vary in length from about 400-1000 words each.

The illustrations are done in watercolor. There's one illustration per page. Each sets the stage for the tale, but leaves enough for your imagination to conjure up the rest of the story.

I like this book so much I'm going to purchase Volume 1.