The Adventure of Momotaro, the Peach Boy
The first volume in the Kodansha Children's Classics series and a representative example of McCarthy's Japanese folktale retellings.
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Ralph F. McCarthy Books in Order
Ralph F. McCarthy is an American writer and translator associated with Japanese literature. He retold and translated numerous Japanese works, including children's classics, folktales, and modern fiction. This bibliography includes his separately published retellings and excludes books for which he is credited only as a translator.
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Kodansha Children's Classics
A series of bilingual English-Japanese retellings of Japanese folktales and children's classics, with Ralph F. McCarthy as reteller.
- 1 The Adventure of Momotaro, the Peach BoyAmazon ↗
Book 1 · children's book · 1993
- 2 The Inch-High SamuraiAmazon ↗
Book 2 · children's book · 1993
- 3
Urashima and the Kingdom Beneath the SeaAmazon ↗Book 3 · children's book · 1993
- 4
The Moon PrincessAmazon ↗Book 4 · children's book · 1993
- 5 Grandfather Cherry-BlossomAmazon ↗
Book 5 · children's book · 1993
- 6 The Sparrows' InnAmazon ↗
Book 6 · children's book · 1994
- 7 Click-Clack MountainAmazon ↗
Book 7 · children's book · 1994
- 8 The Monkey and the CrabAmazon ↗
Book 8 · children's book · 1994
- 9 Kintaro, the Nature BoyAmazon ↗
Book 9 · children's book · 1995
- 10 The Magic Badgerkettle; and, A Spouse for a MouseAmazon ↗
Book 10 · children's book · 1995
Outside the series