Furi Ko Hime to Amanojaku New Edition (Kodansha Aoi Tori Bunko 6-17 Nippon No Mukashibanashi 3 24 Wa)

[Machine Translation] Many of the folk tales passed down through the ages in various regions of Japan feature adorable characters such as monkeys, foxes, tanuki, kappa, yama-nomba (mountain hippopotamus), and bimbo gods. At the root of these tales, the human way of life lives on. The stories include "Urikohime to Amanojaku" (Princess Urikohime and the Amanojaku), which was collected by Miyoko Matsutani, a children's literature author, and retold with beautiful storytelling, "Saru-Kani" (The Crab Chestnut), "Yamakami to Otohime-san" (The Mountain God and Otohime-san), "Kappa no Omo" (The Treasure of Kappa), "Cat and Pumpkin", "Obasuteyama", and more. From elementary school intermediate level.

日本各地に伝わるむかし話には、さる、きつね、たぬき、かっぱ、山んば、びんぼう神など愛らしい主人公が多く登場します。そのお話の根底には、人間の生きざまが息づいているのです。児童文学者・松谷みよ子が各地に採集し、美しい語り口で再話した『瓜子姫とあまのじゃく』をはじめ、『さるかに』『山の神と乙姫さん』『かっぱのお宝』『ねことかぼちゃ』『おばすて山』ほか。小学中級から。