Title The boy of the three-year nap / Dianne Snyder ; illustrated by Allen Say

Published Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1993] ©1988

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	82P SNY-B		AVAILABLE

Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm regular print Summary A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son Notes Art techniques used: fine lines in ink with watercolor 5 years Accelerated Reader Lower Grade 3.7 0.5 Kilgore Intermediate Caldecott Honor Book, 1989 Subject Folklore -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction. Folklore -- Japan. Laziness -- Folklore. Laziness -- Juvenile fiction. Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. Poverty -- Juvenile fiction. Tricksters -- Juvenile fiction. Tutelaries (Shinto) -- Juvenile fiction. Wit and humor, Juvenile. Folklore -- Japan. Laziness -- Folklore. SUBJECT Japan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78089021 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Nagara River (Japan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000104 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. Author Say, Allen, illustrator Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher LC no. 87030674 ISBN 039566957X (paperback) 9780395669570 (paperback)

  Permalink