The tongue-cut sparrow
By: retold by Momoko Ishii ; illustrated by Suekichi Akaba ; translated from the Japanese by Katherine Paterson.
Contributors: Akaba, Suekichi, ill.; Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Lodestar Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Folklore -- Japan; Sparrows -- Folklore
Description: A kind old man and his greedy wife pay separate visits to the tongue-cut sparrow and receive as gifts just what they deserve.
Notes: Translation of: Shitakiri suzume.