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Author:

Seki, Sunny, 1947-

Title:

880-01 Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll : the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village / story and illustrations by Sunny Seki.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Tuttle Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Bodhidharma dolls--Fiction.
Dolls--Fiction.
Buddhist monasteries--Fiction.
Blind--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Fiction.
Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Juvenile fiction.
Dolls--Fiction.
Monasteries--Fiction.
Blind--Fiction.
Handicapped--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Japan--History--0-1868--Fiction.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

4805311878 (hardcover)
9784805311875 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)745979537

LCCN:

2011031332

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)