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Star Festival, The

Moni Ritchie Hadley

Illustrator: Mizuho Fujisawa

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2021

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

ISBN: 978-0-8075-7595-6

Keywords: Tanabata Matsuri, Japanese celebration, holiday, folklore, ingenuity

Amidst the vibrantly-illustrated backdrop of a traditional summertime Japanese folklore festival, a young girl seeks her grandmother in the crowd of celebrants. Back matter.