The Seven Gods of Luck: A Japanese Tale

by David Kudler, Linda Finch PhD, Aprn-BC (Illustrator)

Overview

Fifteenth Anniversary Edition with new notes by author David Kudler

Sachiko and Kenji just want to welcome the new year in the proper way, but their mother tells them they don't have the money for a New Year's feast. An act of generosity brings help from an unexpected source in this heartwarming Japanese classic.

May the Seven Gods of Luck visit you!

"A lively adaptation of a Japanese folktale.... The well-paced, carefully plotted text has a sprightly partner in its stylized, gently colored illustrations." - School Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938808272
Publisher:	Stillpoint/Atalanta
Publication date:	12/01/2014
Series:	Winter Tales , #1
Edition description:	2nd Library ed. Large Print
Pages:	38
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Lexile:	700L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

David Kudler is a writer and editor living just north of the Golden Gate Bridge with his wife, actress, teacher, and author Maura Vaughn, their author-to-be daughters, and their apparently non-literary cats.

His teen historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale, set in sixteenth century Japan was released in June, 2016. He is currently working on the sequel, Bright Eyes.

He serves as publisher for Stillpoint Digital Press. Since 1999, he has overseen the publications program of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, for which he has edited three posthumous volumes of Campbell's previously unpublished work (Pathways to Bliss, Myths of Light and Sake & Satori) and managed the publication of over fifty print, ebook, print, audio, and video titles, including the third edition of the seminal The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

Currently, David serves as vice-president of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association.

Editorial Reviews

"A lively adaptation of a Japanese folktale.... The well-paced, carefully plotted text has a sprightly partner in its stylized, gently colored illustrations." - School Library Journal



"A sweetly illustrated retelling" - The New York Times

From the Publisher