 The Funny Little Woman | |
| Author | Arlene Mosel |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Blair Lent |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton/Penguin Young Readers |
Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 0-525-30265-4 |
| OCLC | 549397 |
| 398.2/0952 E | |
| LC Class | PZ8.1.M8346 Fu |
The Funny Little Woman is a book "retold by" Arlene Mosel. Released by E. P. Dutton, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1973, and was illustrated by Blair Lent.[1]
"The Old Woman who Lost her Dumplings" was the title of the original tale by Lafcadio Hearn,[2] which Mosel had adapted.[3]
- ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 12 January 2013.
- ^ Hearn, Lafcadio (1902-06-01). The old woman who lost her dumpling. Japanese fairy tale series No.24. Tokyo, Japan: T. Hasegawa.
- The title on the 2nd page is "The old woman who lost her dumplings".
- Appendix. Whole list of other titles and authors in the Japanese fairy tale series.
- Bibliographic data
- Lacy1986 cites the following book, but it contains typos "Fizō" which is a mis-copy of "Jizō":
- Hearn, Lafcadio (1918), "The old woman who lost her dumplings", Japanese Fairy Tales, Grace James, Basil Hall Chamberlain, others, Boni and Liveright, pp. 21–28
- ^ Lacy, Lyn Ellen (1986), Art and Design in Children's Picture Books: An Analysis of Caldecott Award-winning Illustrations, American Library Association, p. 183, ISBN 9780838904466