How to Fool a Cat: Japanese Folktales for Children

by Fran Stallings, Hiroko Fujita

Overview

“Charming and captivating, these authentic and little-known Japanese folktales are told clearly and simply, making them easily accessible to young listeners at home or in the classroom. Thoughtful comments and notes from the two tellers provide clear tips for successful telling, along with a very useful glossary. If you tell stories to children, this is a must-purchase book!”

—Sherry Norfolk, Storyteller, Author and Teaching Artist

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624910555
Publisher:	Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Edition description:	First Edition, First Edition
Pages:	145
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

In 2003, HIROKO FUJITA and FRAN STALLINGS  received the National (U.S.) Storytelling Network’s International StoryBridge ORACLE Award for their work on both sides of the Pacific. They hope that their books will make Mrs. Fujita’s stories available to English-speaking story lovers everywhere.

Hiroko Fujita is a traditional ohanashi obaasan (storytelling grandma). She spent her childhood in the rural mountain town of Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture, where she heard hundreds of ancient folktales from village elders. A graduate of Japan Women’s University, she worked for over fifty years in early childhood education. Now she travels throughout Japan, sharing the old tales and teaching young mothers. She has written nearly three dozen books in Japanese. She lives in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

Fran Stallings, a professional storyteller based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, interpreted for Mrs. Fujita’s twelve storytelling tours of twenty-two American states, Japan and Singapore. Stallings edited and adapted English translations of Mrs. Fujita’s storytelling handbook and a collection of forty-seven tales known throughout Japan. Stallings’ other publications include articles, stories, songs, and four CDs. Her academic training in biology informs her environmental work as “EarthTeller.”