MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-

The boy from the dragon palace : a folktale from Japan / retold by Margaret Read MacDonald ; pictures by Sachiko Yoshikawa. - Paperback edition. - 30 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations, ; 22 x 28 cm.

"This story was retold from The little boy from the dragon palace, in Ancient tales in modern Japan : an anthology of modern Japanese folk tales by Fanny Hagin Mayer (Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 1985)" -- Colophon.

A magical boy grants a poor flower-seller's every wish until the greedy and ungrateful man grows tired of the boy's unpleasant behavior and sends him away.

Ages: 4 - 8.

ISBN: 9780807575147

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Wishes--Fiction.
Gratitude--Fiction.
Tales--Japan--Adaptations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fairy tales.
Picture books.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6