On Jan 25, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Dianne Lockridge wrote:
> Does anyone know a book title for a folk tale, possibly Japanese, that
> involves a tsunami wave? Our reading specialist is looking for a text
> to
> world connection with a folk tale.
Yes. I recommend highly The Wave.
A wonderful picture book to read to primary kids: The Wave, adapted
from Lafcadio Hearn's Gleanings in Buddha-fields by Margaret Hodges.
Illustrated by Blair Lent. Houghton Mifflin, 1964; a paperback was
pub. by Harcourt, 1997. It's adapted from a Japanese folk tale about a
boy and his grandfather who live on a hill above a seaside village. His
grandfather saves the people of the village when he sees the sea
suddenly retreating and remembers tales of tidal waves told to him as a
child. To force the people to rush up to him, he sets his rice fields
on fire and saves the whole village.
It may be hard to buy, but most public libraries should have it.
Joan
Joan Kimball, Concord, Mass. woodkimball@juno.com
Retired from Hart's Hill School Library, Whitesboro NY
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