Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll : the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village
(2012)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/FOLKTALES/ASIA/SEK
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., [2012]
©2012
©2012
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
32 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9784805311875 (hardcover), 4805311878 (hardcover), 4805311878 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
English and Japanese text
After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience