Japanese Fairy Tales

I started listening to this collection of twenty-two folktales from Japan as I thought it was on my list of 1001 Children's Books You Must Read. Yet when I finished, it seems not to be on this list. It should be, I think.

The stories in this audiobook were gentle in comparison to other stories from other cultures that I have read. The endings are generally nonviolent, and bad guys in the stories generally end up being changed into good people. The stories seemed more dreamlike, with characters taking actions that are unexpected and with events taking place that are unexpected.

Some were interesting, some felt repetitive. The translation felt a little off, too.