Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic Gift Books and the horse park transforms

and the horse park transforms into a treehouse playset

Cast out of the very Republic he founded

An ideal send-off for children starting out in the world

is a force to be reckoned with and her younger sisters have alternately appreciated and chafed at her strong will

Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic Gift Books and the horse park transformsA goblin with no body and a monster with no face. A resourceful samurai and a faithful daughter. A spirit of the moon and a dragon king. This collection of 15 traditional Japanese folktales transports readers to a time of adventure and enchantment. Drawn from the works of folklorists Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, these tales are by turns terrifying, exhilarating, and poetic. Striking illustrations by contemporary Japanese artist Kotaro Chiba