num_pages: 26
description: Sent by his ailing grandmother to sell the last of their rice to buy medicine, young Jiro loses the rice on the way to town and embarks on a magical adventure that teaches him the rewards of duty, trust, and generosity, in an original fairy tale set in ancient Japan."
language: English
title: Jiro's Pearl
titlecomplete: Jiro's Pearl
genres: Fiction, Picture Books
ratings_count: 12
places: Japan
publisher: Walker Books