C
The
Korean Cinderella
by Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback (February 1996)
HarperTrophy; ISBN: 0064433978
D
One
Grain of Rice : A Mathematical Folktale
by Demi (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 40 pages (April 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 059093998X
H
Count
Your Way Through Japan
by Jim Haskins, Martin Skoro (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 24 pages Reprint edition (June 1988)
Carolrhoda Books; ISBN: 0876144857
The
Weaving of a Dream : A Chinese Folktale (Picture Puffins)
by Marilee Heyer
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 31 pages Reissue edition (October 1989)
Viking Pr; ISBN: 0140505288
I
Best-Loved
Children's Songs from Japan
by Yoko Imoto
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages 1 Amer Ed edition (September 1997)
Heian Intl Pub Co; ISBN: 0893468371
K
Who
Belongs Here? : An American Story
by Margy Burns Knight, Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator), Margy Burns Knight,
Anne Sibley O'brien
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover - 40 pages (October 1993)
Tilbury House Publishers; ISBN: 0884481107
L
The
Bee and the Dream : A Japanese Tale
by Jan Freeman Long, Kaoru Ono (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages 1 Ed edition (June 1996)
Dutton Books; ISBN: 0525452877
Yeh-Shen
: A Cinderella Story from China
by Ai-Ling Louie, Ed Young (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback Reissue edition (May 1996)
Paper Star; ISBN: 0698113888
M
Baseball
Saved Us
by Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 1 pages (March 1993)
Lee & Low Books; ISBN: 1880000016
The
Funny Little Woman
by Arlene Mosel
Turtleback (February 1993)
Demco Media; ISBN: 060603787X
P
Tale
of the Mandarin Ducks
by Katherine Paterson, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 34 pages (September 1990)
Lodestar Books; ISBN: 0525672834
R
A
Carp for Kimiko
by Katherine Roundtree (Illustrator), Virginia L. Kroll
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages (July 1996)
Charlesbridge Publishing; ISBN: 0881064114
S
Peach
Boy : A Japanese Legend (Legends of the World)
by Gail Sakurai, Makiko Nagano (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 32 pages (June 1994)
Troll Assoc; ISBN: 0816734100
The
Bicycle Man
by Allen Say
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback (April 1989)
Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0395506522
The
Lost Lake
by Allen Say
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback Reprint edition (April 1992)
Sandpiper; ISBN: 0395630363
Tree
of Cranes
by Allen Say
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (October 1991)
Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 039552024X
The
Whispering Cloth : A Refugee's Story
by Pegi Deitz Shea, Anita Riggio (Illustrator), You Yang (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages (October 1996)
Boyds Mills Pr; ISBN: 1563976234
The
Boy of the Three-Year Nap
by Dianne Snyder, Allen Say (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reissue edition (September 1993)
Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 039566957X
I
Am an American : A True Story of Japanese Internment
by Jerry Stanley
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 102 pages 1 edition (March 1996)
Crown Pub; ISBN: 0517885514
T
The
Children of Topaz : The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp
Based on a Classroom Diary
by Michael O. Tunnell, George W. Chilcoat
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding (April 1996)
Holiday House; ISBN: 0823412393
U
The
Bracelet
by Yoshiko Uchida, Joanna Yardley (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback (November 1996)
Paper Star; ISBN: 069811390X
W
White
Wave : A Chinese Tale
by Diane Wolkstein, Ed Young (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding (September 1996)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152002936
Y
The
Emperor and the Kite
by Jane Yolen, Ed Young (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (July 1998)
Paper Star; ISBN: 0698116445
Cat
and Rat : The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
by Ed Young
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 1 pages (October 1995)
Henry Holt & Company, Inc.; ISBN: 080502977X
Lon
Po Po : A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
by Ed Young (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (November 1989)
Philomel Books; ISBN: 0399216197
Mouse
Match : A Chinese Folktale
by Ed Young
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 52 pages (October 1997)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152014535
Night
Visitors
by Ed Young
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 1 pages (October 1995)
Philomel Books; ISBN: 0399227318
The
Lost Horse : A Chinese Folktale
by Ed Young
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 32 pages Book & toy edition
(April 1998)
Silver Whistle; ISBN: 0152010165
Voices
of the Heart
by Ed Young
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding - 32 pages (March 1997)
Scholastic Trade; ISBN: 0590501992 ;
Internet Sites of Interest
A LINK TO JAPAN (K-6)
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Japanese culture, folktales, food and learning.
http://www.jwindow.net/KIDS/
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