Ralph F. McCarthy Books

Kintaro, the nature boy

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Kintaro, the strongest, kindest, gentlest boy in Japan, gains fame and fortune when he joins a famous samurai's band of warriors.

The magic badgerkettle

By Ralph F. McCarthy

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Two Japanese folktales retold in rhyme.

The Adventure of Momotaro the Peach Boy

By Ralph F. McCarthy

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Found floating on the river inside a peach by an old couple, Momotaro grows up and fights the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years.

The Moon Princess

By Ralph F. McCarthy

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Urashima and the Kingdom Beneath the Sea

By Ralph F. McCarthy

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After traveling to the Kingdom Beneath the Sea, a young fisherman thinks he has stayed three years but when he returns home, he discovers he has been gone three hundred years.

He ying bing ji issunboushi - The Inch-High Samurai

By Ralph F McCarthy, Rarufu F. Makkashi, Li Song Zi Lang

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Brave little boy who sailed to the Capital in a teacup and fought a demon with a needle to win the love of a Lady is a Japanese cousin to Thumb Tom

Kintaro the Nature Boy

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Japanese Myths And The Gods Made Love

By Ralph F McCarthy

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Blue Bamboo

By Ralph F. McCarthy, Osamu Dazai

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The Moon Princess

By Ralph F. McCarthy Illustrator Kancho Oda

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An old bamboo cutter finds a tiny child in the hollow of a bamboo stalk. Thus begins the beloved story of the Moon Princess, whose unearthly beauty brings her fame and would-be husbands from throug...

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