The Greedy Babyman and other Fun Japanese Tales

By Richard Nigh

In The Greedy Babyman, you'll find more than a dozen mostly funny Japanese tales with interesting characters and twist endings. You'll laugh at an old couple who find the fountain of youth. You'll root for two young boys for their outlandish plan to get more mochi. You'll learn from a man with a very uncommon mind why 30 and 30 don't always make 60. And you'll meet a host of other interesting and often silly characters who do the unexpected. Many of these are not the most famous stories, but they are some of the best.

If you’ve been disappointed in the past that your children don’t appreciate Japanese tales, give this little book a try. The stories are short enough to tell and interesting to a non-Asian audience. A good introduction to the world of Japanese stories.

Stories include "The Greedy Babyman," "The Case of the Extra Mochi," "Never Look Back," "Who’s Carrying What?," "Issunboshi," "Uncommon Sense," "Stone Potatoes," "How the Sea Became Salty," "Even a Tiny Sparrow," "The First to Speak Loses the Mochi," "A Raccoon Slower Than a Snail," and "Saved by a Spark."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard Nigh
• Release date: Aug 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301671045

Richard Nigh

Richard, a scrutable Occidental, graduated from the University of Oregon way back in 1979 and immediately moved to Japan. He spent nine years translating and proofreading at a large electronic components corporation and then taught for 17 years at a private high school in Kyoto. He now resides in Saipan, which sounds like it's in China but is actually in the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the U.S.Richard has a bachelors degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies and has a Masters of Education. He's a Vietnam War Era veteran and receives gifts on Veterans Day.He lives with his inscrutable Japanese wife, Yukari, and his younger son.

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