"Kodomo no Tomo: Komeda Taikoku" A Folk Tale from Ehime Fukuinkan Shoten Author: Taeko Oshima Illustrator: Kazue Takahashi 18.7 x 26.4cm Published in 2018 For ages 5-6 and up (when read aloud) Slightly bumped corner, but unused. In very good condition. One day, an old man's rice ball rolls away and into a hole. When he rushes over, he finds Daikoku-sama, buried in the earth, eating the rice ball with relish. Daikoku-sama tells him to take him home because he will be useful. When the old woman washes and offers Daikoku-sama, rice grains begin to fall from his nostrils! This is a retelling of a folk tale about Daikoku-sama, one of the Seven Lucky Gods, beloved by the common people, told in the dialect of Iyo! #PictureBook #EhimeFolkTale #FukuinkanShoten #TaekoOshima #KazueTakahashi #RareBook #ReadAloud"