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Far East Genre
Books in the Far East genre:
Yasu and the Strangers (1965)
Yasu is on a school trip to the temple of Nara in Japan when he finds a fawn and two American tourists who are lost.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Flight 714 (1968)
Tintin and his companions are hijacked to a desert island in the Celebes where they are rescued by extraterrestrials.
Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)
Surely the largest, most inclusive animal picture book of them all.
Author(s):
Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Miss Bianca in the Orient (1970)
Author(s):
Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Land of Green Ginger (1975)
In this revised version, the original chapter 8 has been dropped. This leaves seven fewer illustrations. The rear cover is new. This edition was re-issued by Faber and Faber in 2001.
Author(s):
Noel Langley
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mutiny on the Bounty (1978)
Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Enchanted Horse (1981)
An Indian tale of twin princes and a magic horse.
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Iron Lion (1983)
The suitor who would win the princess must bring the iron lion, alive or dead.
Author(s):
Peter Dickinson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Some Words & Drawings from Edward Ardizzone’s Indian Diary (1983)
The artist was sent to India by UNESCO to teach a course in silk screen printing and here records his impressions. This was a publisher’s Christmas keepsake.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Indian Diary (1984)
The artist was sent to India by UNESCO to teach a course in silk screen printing and here records his impressions.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Serpent’s Children (1984)
In nineteenth-century China a young girl struggles to protect her family
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The Rainbow People (1989)
Twenty Chinese folktales brought to the United States.
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The Star Fisher (1991)
A Chinese-American family moves from Ohio to West Virginia in the 1920’s.
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Tongues of Jade (1991)
A collection of seventeen Chinese-American folktales.
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Rama and Sita (2002)
A retelling of a Hindu epic poem.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Mosque (2003)
Details the building of a sixteenth century mosque.
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story (2005)
The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the limited edition.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Jungle Book Mowgli’s Story (2005)
The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the regular edition.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story (2009)
The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the paperback edition.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Jungle Book Panorama Pops (2015)
The story of Mowgli, the man-cub, told in pop-ups.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley