The Crane Wife

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. Weeks later a mysterious woman arrives on his doorstep, seeking shelter from a storm. Osamu again offers his help, and soon the sail maker and the stranger fall in love and marry. But when he learns of his wife's gift for making magic sails, ambition replaces compassion--and Osamu risks losing the great happiness he has found. With majestic paintings and lyrical prose, this classic Japanese tale speaks to readers of all ages with its timeless lessons on the nature of kindness, love, and betrayal.

Children's Books

Bodkin, Odds

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

A poor shoemaker and his family move from Germany to Chicago with only a box of glittering glass ornaments. But when a tragic fire destroys their new house and shop, the family has to move into an abandoned shack, with cobwebs dangling from the rafters. Soon the shoemaker must sell his family's cherished decorations. But on Christmas morning, they all awaken to a shimmering surprise hanging from their tree. Spun by the Christmas spirit, a wonderful magic weaves throughout this holiday tale.

The Christmas Cobwebs

Parenting & Relationships

HMH Books for Young Readers

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.

Spirin, Gennady

Spirin, Gennadii

Animals

Clarion Books

A young boy must challenge LeNoir, the ghost of a sunken ship's captain, in order to save other ships from being raced to their doom in the stormy seas. 12,500 first printing.

Ghost of the Southern Belle: A Sea Tale

Action & Adventure

Little,Brown & Co

Odds Bodkin's story, based on folklore that Irish railroad workers brought to America, and Ted Rose's shimmering watercolors evoke the suspense and mystery of this otherworldly chase through the high Rocky Mountains. On a foggy night, spring floods swell the Colorado River. John Mercer, engineer of Train Number 1, and Mr. O'Reilly, his fireman, worry about crossing Gore Canyon where, twenty years before, the trestle washed out and an unlucky engineer drove his train over the edge. Is Gore Canyon Trestle still there? And can they-should they-try to outrun the Banshee?

The Banshee Train

In the mountains outside of Denver, a passenger train is saved from certain disaster by the ghosts from a previous wreck

The Crane Wife (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Turtleback Books

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

Heinemann/Raintree

Perkins Panda Kit

Perkins School for the Blind

The Teacup Fairy: Very Old Tales for Very Young Children/Cassette (The Odds Bodkin Storytelling Library)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Rivertree Productions Inc

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