Yoshi's Feast (Melanie Kroupa Books)

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Summary: Great story, beautifully illustrated
Review: My 5-year-old daughter loves this book. The story is apparently based on a Japanese classic. It should be especially appealing for anyone who likes unagi (eel).

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Summary: Another DK Ink Masterpiece!
Review: This book is a must buy! Perfect for reading aloud. I can't wait to share this with my second graders next year! I purchased an autographed copy at my local Borders tonite and couldn't wait to get on here and "plug" this picturebook! Reminding me a bit of Demi's picturebooks (ie., The Empty Pot), this book has more! The onomatopoeia throughout the lively text really lends itself to reading aloud! The illustrations work very well with the text! Another Melanie Kroupa masterpiece! (see Steamboat, The Big Cheese)Outstanding literature! Even the author's bio on the dust jacket flap is interesting!

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Summary: Another DK Ink Masterpiece!
Review: This book is a must buy! Perfect for reading aloud. I can't wait to share this with my second graders next year! I purchased an autographed copy at my local Borders tonite and couldn't wait to get on here and "plug" this picturebook! Reminding me a bit of Demi's picturebooks (ie., The Empty Pot), this book has more! The onomatopoeia throughout the lively text really lends itself to reading aloud! The illustrations work very well with the text! Another Melanie Kroupa masterpiece! (see Steamboat, The Big Cheese)Outstanding literature! Even the author's bio on the dust jacket flap is interesting!

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Summary: A Yummy Story
Review: Yoshi feasts on the smells from his neighbor's broiled eel stall, but he is too tightfisted to buy any of them. As he learns generosity of heart, he gains a friend. Kimiko Kajikawa adapted Yoshi's Feast "from a story, 'Smells and Jingles,' in William Elliot Griffis's Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-lore of Japan (J.H. Barhyte, 1880)." Yumi Heo's illustrations are as wild, detailed, and yummy as usual. Karen Woodworth-Roman