The Funny Little Woman
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| Author(s) | Arlene Mosel |
| Illustrator | Blair Lent |
| Country | United States |
| Genre(s) | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Dutton Press |
| Publication date | 1972 |
| ISBN | 0525302654 |
| OCLC Number | 549397 |
| Dewey Decimal | 398.2/0952 E |
| LC Classification | PZ8.1.M8346 Fu |
The Funny Little Woman is a book by Arlene Mosel ("retold by") and illustrated by Blair Lent. Released by Dutton Press, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1973.[1]
The Funny Little Woman is a traditional Japanese tale. The woman in this story likes to laugh and make rice dumplings, one day when she was making the rice dumplings, one of her dumplings started to roll! She and her dumpling ended up on a strange place lined with Jizo (guardian statues). The Jizo warns her not to go after the dumpling, but she does anyway. She is caught by the Wicked Oni, (a demon) who takes her back to his house to have her cook for him and the rest of the oni. The Funny Little Woman gets a magic paddle to make rice dumplings faster. One day she escaped, across a wide river back to her home. She made rice dumplings for a living, and when she sold them, soon became the richest woman in all Japan. She likes to laugh, so she laughs like this, "Tehehehe"!
[edit] References
- ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 27 May 2009.
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| Preceded by One Fine Day |
Caldecott Medal recipient 1973 |
Succeeded by Duffy and the Devil |
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The Funny Little Woman is a traditional Japanese tale rewritten by: Arlene Mosel The story begins when the funny little womans rice dumpling rolls to an unexpected place.
