The strongest boy in the world
Retells the traditional Japanese tale in which a boy, who has defeated all the other boys in his village in wrestling, travels to the city to test his skill at a sumo tournament, but along the way he meets a girl who is even stronger than he.
| Main Author: | Souhami, Jessica (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Frances Lincoln Children's Books,
2014.
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| Summary: |
Retells the traditional Japanese tale in which a boy, who has defeated all the other boys in his village in wrestling, travels to the city to test his skill at a sumo tournament, but along the way he meets a girl who is even stronger than he. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781847804112 184780411X |
| Author Notes: |
Jessica Souhami studied at the Central School of Art and Design. In 1980 she formed Mme Souhami and Co, a travelling puppet company using colourful shadow puppets with a musical accompaniment and a storyteller. Her illustrations, like her puppets, use brilliant colour and bold shapes and her characters leap and swoop across the spreads. Her books for Frances Lincoln are Sausages!, Foxy!, The Strongest Boy in the World, In the Dark, Dark Wood , Baba Yaga and the Stolen Baby , Leopard's Drum , No Dinner! , Rama and the Demon King , The Famous Adventures of a Bird Brained Hen , The Little, Little House , Mrs McCool and the Giant Cuchulainn, The Sticky Doll Trap, and King Pom and the Fox . Jessica lives in North London. |