Peach Boy And Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories (Favorite Children's Stories) Hardcover – Illustrated, September 15, 2008

This little book brought back so many memories. My dad was in the Air Force, so we lived in Japan for several years. We owned this book, so I was so excited to find this item. My sister also ordered a copy. It is well made and a good size. The colors and images are bright and vivid. I’ve read it to my grandkids via zoom due to the pandemic. They loved it!

This book has been around a long time. I read it to my children and now my grandchildren. The stories are similar to European fairy tales, with life lessons at the core, but the characters and settings remain firmly Japanese. I grew up hearing these tales 70 years ago. The illustrations kindle a child's imagination. This book is a wonderful way to connect to Japanese tradition and culture.

The Peach Boy and other stories in this collection brought back so many childhood memories of my mother reading these to my sister and me when we were little. I have continued the tradition to my grandkids and now the Littles (great grandkids). Just gave one to a bonus daughter as part of a baby shower gift so she may begin the tradition and share cultural stories with her little blessing.

I loved this book as a child and read to my kids from it. Now I gave it to my grandson. Love this book

i take care of my daughter and a little boy, both two years old, and i am teaching them about other cultures (one a month) for... well, forever. right now part of their education is traditional stories from each we study.this book is PERFECT for that!!! this is exactly what you expect from the description. it includes the stories peach boy, the magic teakettle, monkey-dance and sparrow-dance, the long nosed goblins, the rabit in the moon, the toungue-cut sparrow, silly saburo, the toothpick warriors, and the sticky-sticky pine.the illustrations are pretty small- at least not full page, but the kids love it as much or more than any of their massive colour packed picture books.highly reccomended for anyone who would like to have a really great little collection of traditional japanese stories

I grew up with this story now it is for my Grandson.

I remember my mom reading these stories to me when I was in elementary school. I kind of wish that the cover wasn't a removable jacket -- the original version of this book had the cover printed on, so it didn't require a jacket. I know that there is a version available with a CD for listening and follow-along, but that version seems to lose some charm. All in all, the stories are translated from original language quite well, and I look forward to the day when my little one can listen to the stories without ripping the pages.

We loved this book and the other two in the series. We wanted some fairy tales not from Europe - we just were tired of little red riding hood for example. Since we love Japan, we picked these up and we have not been disappointed. In fact, we knew many of these tales already having played the Okami video game, use Japanese textiles, and been to Japan. Some of these stories had more nostalgia to us than the European ones. If you are looking for Japanese tales, this author did a good job of creating a child's selection. In one of the books there is a tale where a dog is killed so we skip that story.