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Junko Morimoto Junko Morimoto i(A45631 works by)
Born: Established: 1932 Hiroshima, Honshu,
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Japan,
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East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1982
Heritage: Japanese
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1 2 y separately published work icon Big Nuisance Junko Morimoto , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House , 2003 Z1063660 2003 single work picture book children's 'Life in a small village is very slow and nothing's changed for a long, long time ... until the meddlesome giant Big Nuisance comes to stay and starts a whole lot of trouble.' (Source: Back cover)
1 3 y separately published work icon Run Damon, Run! Anne Bower Ingram , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 2000 Z999671 2000 single work picture book children's
1 CBC Acceptance Speeches : Junko Morimoto Junko Morimoto , 1998 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 3)
3 5 y separately published work icon The Two Bullies Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Isao Morimoto (translator), Milsons Point : Random House Australia , 1997 Z834226 1997 single work picture book children's fable 'Ni-ou is the strongest fellow in Japan. No one can beat him. But that's not enough. When he hears that there is a strong man called Dokkoi in China, Ni-ou wants to beat him too. So he goes looking for a fight.' (Source: Back cover)
1 4 y separately published work icon Phoenix Nan Hunt , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Milsons Point : Random House , 1994 Z189313 1994 single work picture book children's

A young girl with failing eye-sight and facing a risky operation befriends a phoenix which is afraid of fire. The choices each has to make are difficult but this hardship creates great strength.

(Source: NLA catalogue)
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)
2 6 y separately published work icon My Hiroshima Junko Morimoto , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Anne Bower Ingram (translator), Isao Morimoto (translator), Sydney : Collins , 1987 Z831790 1987 single work picture book children's In this picture book, the author relates her own experiences as a high-school student when her city was destroyed by the first atomic bomb.
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 1 y separately published work icon The Twin Stars Anne Bower Ingram , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Melbourne : Lothian , 1986 Z831310 1986 single work picture book children's The Twin Stars is a light-hearted book about Twin Blue Stars in the Milky Way who take their job of shining their lights across the night sky very seriously. Until, that is, a large comet convinces them to come travelling with it. When they come to the end of the Milky Way the comet flicks his tail and Chunse and Pouse tumble towards earth and eventually land in the sea. On the sea floor they encounter star fish, a whale and a sea snake. They are very sad to think they are unable to return to their posts in the Milky Way. However, the King of the Seasnakes has a solution. (Source: 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 2 y separately published work icon Mouse's Marriage Anne Bower Ingram , Junko Morimoto (illustrator), Melbourne : Lothian , 1985 Z830935 1985 single work picture book children's An elderly mouse couple wanted their only child to have "the best and mightiest" husband in the world. After considering and rejecting the sun, cloud, and wind they found the ideal groom closer to home than they had expected. (Source: 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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