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Gr 1-4 When Yoshi, a mischievous tanuki (a popular Japanese folk character), finally comes into his power to shape-shift like the others of his kind, he races off to play a trick on the farmers wife. He changes into a teapot, not realizing that the fire under him will become so hot that he will be unable to concentrate sufficiently to change back to himself. Yoshi can only pop his legs out of the pot and run to seek help from the monks. They consider him a demon, however, and lock him away where he alternately appe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this revisioning of a popular Japanese folktale, young Yoshi, a tanuki, or "raccoon-dog," is so impatient to use his...Log In or Sign Up to Read More