The Girl who loved caterpillars : a twelfth century tale from Japan.

The Girl who loved caterpillars : a twelfth century tale from Japan.

Publication Date
1992

Publication Information
New York : Philomel Books,

Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : ill.

Subject Term
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
 
Caterpillars -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term
Japan -- Juvenile fiction.

Additional Contributors
Cooper, Floyd,
 
Merrill, Jean.

Summary
In this retelling of an anonymous twelfth-century Japanese story, the young woman Izumi resists social and family pressures as she befriends caterpillars and other socially unacceptable creatures.

Language
English

ISBN
9780399218712
 
9780698113930

General Note
Adaptation of an anonymous story in the Tsutsumi Chunagon monogatari.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) MelvilleJuv Picture BkJuvenile Picture BookX GIRChecked In
St. Alban's (CSA)Juv Picture BkJuvenile Picture BookX GIRChecked In