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The girl who loved caterpillars : a twelfth-century tale from Japan / adapted by Jean Merrill ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Merrill, Jean. (Author). Cooper, Floyd, ill. (Added Author).
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  • 1 copy at The Center Library.

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The Center Library CL Merrill, J. English 100072 Children Available -

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  • ISBN: 0399218718 :
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Philomel Books, c1992.

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General Note: Adaptation of an anonymous story in the Tsutsumi Chūnagon monogatari.
Summary, etc.: In this retelling of an anonymous twelfth-century Japanese story, the young woman Izumi resists social and family pressures as she befriends caterpillars and other socially unacceptable creatures.
Subject: Conduct of life > Fiction.
Japan > Fiction.

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