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While the Beans Boil

by Naoko Awa

illus. by Keiko Ajito

A grandmother weaves a gentle, but powerfully symbolic tale to explain to a small child the absence of her mother. The remaining five stories in the book describe how the girl uses this myth to develop her own fantasy world.

22 x 16 cm, 144 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published March 1993

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