Tarō Yashima

On her third birthday, Momo (whose name means "Peach" in her parents' native Japan) receives rubber boots and an umbrella. Impatiently she waits for a rainy day so she can try out her new apparel.

Children hear an old Japanese story about a fisherman who rode on a turtle's back to a beautiful place under the sea, and then ask questions about the story.

In Lon Po Po, three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother. In The Funny Little Woman, a woman in old Japan, who loves to cook rice dumplings and laugh, is captured by the wicked Oni. In The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, a compassionate couple risks their lives to reunite a pair of Mandarin ducks and are rewarded in the end, but by whom? In Crow Boy, a small boy, who is different from the...