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International Collection of Children's and Adolescent Literature
College of Education
University of Arizona

1430 East Second Street
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-9340
email: wow@email.arizona.edu
Open Reading Hours: Monday through Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Magic Spring

Published: 1993, Putnam Juvenile
Tags: Greed, Magic, spring
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), KoreaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Korea, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Moles and the Mireuk: A Korean Folktale

Published: 1993, Houghton Mifflin
Tags: Fathers, marriage, power
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, KoreaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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A Tale of Two Tengu: A Japanese Folktale

Published: 1993, Albert Whitman & Co
Tags: fairytale, goblin, Noses, silliness
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, JapanAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Japan, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Boy of the Three-Year Nap

Published: 1988, Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Tags: Habits, Laziness
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), JapanAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Older Brother, Younger Brother

Published: 1995, Viking Juvenile
Tags: Greed, kindness
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, KoreaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Tasty Baby Belly Buttons

Published: 1999, Knopf Books for Young Readers
Tags: Babies, battles, Monsters
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Asia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), JapanAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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D Is for Dragon Dance

Published: 2006, Holiday House
Tags: holidays, New Year's Day
Categories: ABC BookABC Book, AsiaABC Book, Asia, ChinaABC Book, Asia, China, NonfictionABC Book, Asia, China, Nonfiction, Picture BookABC Book, Asia, China, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Ten Oni Drummers

Published: 2000, Lee & Low Books
Tags: Counting, Dreams, Drums
Categories: AsiaAsia, Counting BookAsia, Counting Book, FictionAsia, Counting Book, Fiction, JapanAsia, Counting Book, Fiction, Japan, Picture BookAsia, Counting Book, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Rabbit’s Judgment

Published: 1994, Henry Holt & Company
Tags: Animals, trick
Categories: AsiaAsia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, KoreaAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture BookAsia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Kogi’s Mysterious Journey

Published: 2003, Dutton Juvenile
Tags: Art and artists, Fantasy and magic, fish
Categories: JapanJapan, Picture BookJapan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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