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Buying Mittens
Contributor(s): Nankichi, Niimi (Author), Ken, Kuroi (Illustrator), Huffman, Judith Carol (Translator)
ISBN: 0824821297     ISBN-13: 9780824821296
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: September 1999
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: Here is a classic story that has charmed Japanese children for generations. Enchanting illustrations illuminate this gentle tale of a mother's tenderness and a child's new discoveries. Written by one of Japan's most beloved authors, it has the timeless quality of a folktale that will speak across cultures.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Foxes
Dewey: E
LCCN: 98047513
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 9.59" W x 11.29" (1.00 lbs) 42 pages
Themes:
- Seasonal - Winter
 
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Publisher Description:

When a cold winter comes to the forest, a little fox awakens one morning to the magic of a first snowfall. His romp in the snow is cut short, however, when his cold, wet paws turn peony colored. What he needs, his mother decides, are some woolen mittens the size of his little paws.

So begins an overnight journey into a village where humans live to buy a pair of mittens and where, along the way, the little fox learns that people are more complicated creatures than he thought.

Buying Mittens is a classic story that has charmed Japanese children for generations. Written by one of Japan's most beloved authors, it has the timeless quality of a folktale that will speak across cultures. Enchanting illustrations illuminate this gentle tale of a mother's tenderness and a child's new discoveries.