Equipped with a needle and a rice bowl, Issun Bãoshi, an inch-tall boy, leaves home for the city and finds work as the companion to a nobleman's daughter, whom

Relates how a one-inch tall young man proves himself as a warrior and wins the hand of a princess.

Children will love the ancient tale of Issun Boshi, a one-inch-tall boy who falls in love with a princess, slays a monster, and, through the power of a magical

Pierre Loti in Madame Chrysanthème, Gilbert and Sullivan in The Mikado, and Sir Edwin Arnold in Seas and Lands, gave us the impression that Japan was a real fa

Using 33 themes, ideas and activities are suggested for teaching spelling, grammar, punctuation, comprehension and composition. Imaginative ways to celebrate an