Reading Rainbow (DVD). Paper crane [videorecording] / produced by Cecily Truett, Larry Lancit ; directed by Mitchell Geller ; written by Ellen Schecter ; produced by Lancit Media Productions, Ltd. ; a production of Great Plains National Television Library and WNED-TV.
Based on the book of the same title. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Presenter: LeVar Burton.
Summary:
Looks at Japanese culture, including music, food preparation and display, and origami. Features the book The paper crane, by Molly Bang, which is about a mysterious man who enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances. Reviews other books on related topics including "Paper" through the ages by Shaaron Cosner, The perfect crane by Anne Laurin, How my parents learned to eat by Ina R. Friedman, and Easy origami by Dokuohtei Nakano.
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