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  • The Crane Wife

The Crane Wife

Author
Odds Bodkin
Illustrator
Gennady Spirin
Publication Date
October 01, 2002
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
The Crane Wife
Description

A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale about a poor sail maker who gains a beautiful but mysterious wife skilled at weaving magical sails. 

When Osamu, a lonely sail maker, nurses an injured crane one blustery night, he never suspects that this simple act of kindness will change his life forever. This retelling of a traditional Japanese folktale teaches readers young or old a lesson about life and love.

Publication date
October 01, 2002
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780152163501
Lexile Measure
630
Guided Reading Level
M
Publisher
Clarion Books
BISAC categories
JUV012020 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Country & Ethnic - General
Library of Congress categories
Folklore
Tales
Japan
Cranes (Birds)
Sails

Publishers Weekly

Starred Review

Medieval Japan is the setting for this vivid retelling of a Japanese folktale, in which a mysterious woman arrives at the home of a lonely sailmaker. In a starred review, PW said that the text's "near-perfect pacing and watercolors filled with Japanese motifs and period details cast an otherworldly mood. Ages 5-up. (Oct.)

Copyright 2002 Publisher’s Weekly, LLC Used with permission.

ALA/Booklist

Starred Review
Delicate shades of tawny gray and burnished gold predominate in the illustrations, which place the human drama against a background of nature that is changeable, mysterious, and hauntingly beautiful.

Kirkus

A poetic gem . . . Exquisite and memorable.
Red Clover Award
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Nominee 2000 - 2000
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