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Helen Smith Helen Smith i(A68941 works by)
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1 5 y separately published work icon The Night Hawk Star Kenji Miyazawa , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Helen Smith (translator), Sydney : Random House , 1991 Z837915 1991 single work picture book children's 'All the other birds make fun of Night Hawk because he is different from them. This is the story of his hope, his strength and determination.' (Source: Back cover)
1 1 y separately published work icon Kenju's Forest Kenji Miyazawa , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Helen Smith (translator), Sydney : Collins Anne Ingram Books , 1989 Z832351 1989 single work picture book children's Although everyone in the village laughed at Kenju it did not spoil his happiness. One day Kenju decided to plant lots of trees in an empty field behind his family's house. Many people of the village teased Kenju about his trees but the children of the village loved to play in the forest. As time passes it serves as a fitting memorial to Kenju.(Source: from the Book)
3 8 y separately published work icon Kojuro and the Bears Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Helen Smith (translator), Sydney : Collins , 1987 Z832720 1987 single work picture book children's This story describes the hardships and sorrows of a bear hunter. Kojuro comes to regret that he must kill the bears in order to make a living. Eventually, the wheel turns and his life is ended by a bear. (Source:From the book)
1 5 y separately published work icon A Piece of Straw Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Helen Smith (translator), Sydney : Collins , 1985 Z830941 1985 single work picture book children's fable Yohei was a kind but poor man who went every day to pray at the shrine. On the hundredth day the wind blew and told Yohei to take heed of that which first came to mind. As he left the shrine Yohei fell down. As he was getting up he noticed that he was holding a piece of straw. He tied a horsefly to the end and continued on his way. He swapped the straw for two mandarines then swapped those for two rolls of silk and so on until he eventually swapped a horse for a house and land belonging to a Samurai who had been summoned urgently to the Emperor. Yohei and his new wife threw a party for all the villagers to celebrate their good fortune.(Source: From Book)
1 9 y separately published work icon The Inch Boy Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Helen Smith (translator), Sydney : Collins , 1984 Z913020 1984 single work picture book children's Issunboshi's smallness (he was only an inch tall) did not discourage him from his ambition to become a famous samurai and to serve a noble Lord in Kyoto.
3 6 y separately published work icon The White Crane Junko Morimoto , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Helen Smith (translator), Sydney : Collins , 1983 Z862155 1983 single work picture book children's An old childless Japanese couple unexpectedly acquire a daughter after they rescue a lovely white crane trapped in a forest during a storm.
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