The Inch-High Samurai (Kodansha's Children's Bilingual Classics)

By Ralph F. McCarthy

Book Overview

The brave little boy who sailed to the Capital in a teacup and fought a demon with a needle to win the love of a Lady is a Japanese cousin to Tom Thumb.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770021011
• ISBN13: 9784770021014
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Kodansha USA
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 0.3" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Issunboushi Picture Book

Konnichiwa. I got this book when I was 6. I think this is one of the best picture books on the entire earth! It really sparked my interest in the Japanese culture. Now I am 12 and am immensely interested in the Japanese language and culture still. I highly encourage you to buy this book. I love it soooo much!!! Domo Arigato Gozaimasu.

Wonderful and enjoyable!

This is a wonderful book with a good message about the value of inner strength as opposed to external size. The pictures are great and the rhyme scheme throughout the story adds a lot. My 2nd grade students want me to read it again and again!