Night of the Ninjas. #5 [Magic Tree House Volume: #5]by Osborne, Mary Pope 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 1995)

BTSB #: 693426 Available

Dewey: FAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.7 LG RC: 2.1 3-5 Lexile: 490 F&P: M

Genres: Chapter Books Science Fiction Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Fantasy fiction Ninja - Fiction Japan - Fiction

Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.

Star festival by Ritchie Hadley, Moni 

Paperback(Whitman, 2023)

BTSB #: 409674 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 610 AD

Genres: Family Life Multicultural Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology

Subjects: Grandmothers - Fiction Festivals - Fiction Japan - Fiction

Summary: As five-year-old Keiko and her eighty-five year old Obi, or grandmother, excitedly prepare to celebrate the Star Festival, Tanabata Matsuri, Obi tells the story of Tanabata.

Stories from around the world

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02579 Available

Dewey: 398.2/NAges: 5-8   


Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Fairy Tales

Subjects: Fairy tales Grandfathers - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Pueblo Indians - Folklore Africa - Fiction United States - Description and travel - Fiction Japan - Fiction

Summary: Mufaro's beautiful daughters : Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife. Grandfather's journey : A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. Arrow to the sun : An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

Tessa Miyata is no hero by Abe, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2023)

BTSB #: 040251 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
F&P: W

Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Gods - Fiction Japanese mythology - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Grandparents - Fiction Fantasy fiction Tokyo (Japan) - Fiction Japan - Fiction

Summary: On a trip to visit her grandparents in Japan, Tessa Miyata inadvertently releases the spirit of an evil samurai god who wants to destroy Tokyo, and stumbles upon a hidden part of the city where gods and mythological creatures walk among humans.