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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Sixteen mythical monsters and spirits from Japanese folklore take children on fantastical adventures in this first-ever children's storybook about "yokai." Each tale is accompanied by a haunting, modern portrait of the yokai by Swiss artist D'Onofrio. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Sixteen mythical monsters and spirits from Japanese folklore take children on fantastical adventures in this first-ever children's storybook about <em>yokai</em>. Young readers will meet <em>baku</em> the dream eater, mischievous <em>kappa</em> sprites, a ghost child who lives in a hotel, and many more. <em>Yokai</em> have a rich history dating back centuries in Japan, and today, they can be found in monstercatching video games and animated films. <em>Yokai Stories</em> is the first book to weave Japan's monster mythology into English-language stories for children. Each tale is accompanied by a haunting, modern portrait of the <em>yokai</em> by Swiss artist Eleonora D'Onofrio.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Eleonora D'Onofrio is a Swiss artist from the Italian speaking city of Lugano. She works for nineteentwenty, a visual effects and post-production company in Bristol, UK. <p/>Zack Davisson is an award-winning translator, writer, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts. He is the author of <i>Yurei: The Japanese Ghost</i> from Chin Music Press. He is the translator of Eisner Award-winning and Harvey-nominated Shigeru Mizuki's <i>Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan</i>, and a 2014 nominee of the Japanese-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize. Other translation works include the famous folklore comic <i>Kitaro</i> (Drawn and Quarterly) and the works of Satoshi Kon (Dark Horse). He was a researcher and on-screen talent for National Geographic's TV special Japan: Lost Souls of Okinawa and maintains HYAKUMONOGATARI.COM, a popular Japanese folklore website.<br>

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