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Basho and the River Stones

Book Description
The great poet Basho lives in the woods and shares the cherries from his cherry tree with the local foxes. But one tricky fox becomes greedy??He uses his magic to turn three river stones into gold coins, and then tricks Basho into giving up all of the cherries. When the fox returns to gloat over his victory, he discovers that Basho is content. Wiser than the fox, Basho knows that a poem inspired b... More
Book Information
PublisherAmazon Children's Publishing
BindingKindle Edition (4 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-10B008P3JX0W
Publication Date10/30/2012
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About Tim Myers (Author) : Tim Myers is a writer, songwriter, storyteller, and lecturer at Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. He won the 2012 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Fiction. His children’s books (11 out and f... more
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About Oki Han (Illustrator) : Oki Han is a published illustrator of children's books. A published credit of Oki Han is A Fish Trip (Invitations to Literacy).
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8/1/2012 Tim Myers said: The great poet Basho is tricked by a magical fox, who's hungry for cherries--but magic can transform the heart as well as objects, and an awakening is coming. Watch out for the trick!
tags: Basho, haiku, folktale, literary folktale, Japan, children's lit, funny, children's literature, picture book, I wrote

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