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Cool Melons- Turn to Frogs!: The Life and Poems of Issa by Kobayashi Issa, Keiko Smith, Matthew Gollub, Kazuko G. Stone

mrsbond's review against another edition

4.0

Beautifully written and illustrated book about the popular Japanese Haiku poet Kobayashi Yataro, better known as Issa. The biographical information is complemented by several of his haiku. Within the text is an English translation; the Japanese calligraphy is painted along the side margins. Readers also receive glimpses of Japanese culture in the late 1700's/early 1800's. Appendix includes information about haiku.