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Yuko-Chan and the Daruma Doll : : the Adventures of a Blind Japanese Girl who Saves her Village

Seki, Sunny, 1947- Book - 2012 J 398.20952 Se, Kids Book / Picture Books / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General / Seki, Sunny 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.9 out of 5

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Call Number: J 398.20952 Se, Kids Book / Picture Books / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General / Seki, Sunny
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After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience.

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PUBLISHED
Tokyo : Tuttle Pub., c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9784805311875
4805311878

SUBJECTS
Bodhidharma dolls -- Fiction.
Dolls -- Fiction.
Buddhist monasteries -- Fiction.
Blind -- Fiction.
People with disabilities -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Japanese language materials -- Bilingual.
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Fiction.