City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll, the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village, story and illustrations by Sunny Seki

Label
Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll, the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village, story and illustrations by Sunny Seki
Main title
Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll
Responsibility statement
story and illustrations by Sunny Seki
Sub title
the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village
Summary
After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience