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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)
Notes
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Adapted by Helen Smith from the original Japanese story by Kenji Miyazawa.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has Japanese imagery.
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[Review] Kenju's Forest
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 1 1990; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Kenju's Forest Helen Smith (translator), 1989 single work picture book
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[Review] Kenju's Forest
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 34 no. 1 1990; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Kenju's Forest Helen Smith (translator), 1989 single work picture book
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