Peachboy [Audio CD]

Ryuichi Sakamoto (Author), Sigourney Weaver (Narrator)

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Rabbit Ears (1991)
• ASIN: B000RBKKV6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,884,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Metaxas is the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery. His writing was first published in Atlantic Monthly, and has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Regeneration Quarterly, Christianity Today, National Review Online, Beliefnet and First Things. The American Booksellers Association chose Metaxas's The Birthday ABC as a 1995 Pick of the List and Amazon.com honored his Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving with their Number One Bestseller Award for Thanksgiving 1999. He has been featured numerous times on CNN, The Fox News Channel and other television networks, and has been a guest on NPR. He is the founder and host of Socrates in the City: Conversations on the Examined Life, a monthly event of entertaining and thought provoking discussions that feature such speakers as Sir John Polkinghorne, Dr. Armand Nicholi, Os Guinness, Lauren F. Winner and Peter Kreeft. Metaxas serves on the vestry of Calvary/St. George's Episcopal Church, and lives in Manhattan, New York, with his wife and daughter.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Japan's Greatest Folktale!!!, August 23, 2009

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Kirara "dragonsonic4" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peachboy: A Japanese Folktale (Rabbit Ears) (Hardcover)

When I have read "Peachboy" for the first time, I was so excited about the story, especially by the narration by Sigourney Weaver, Ryuichi Sakamoto's Japanese influence music and Jeffrey Smith's beautiful illustrations.

This story is about how an extraordinary boy named Momotaro, who was born out of a peach, decides to make a journey to the Island of Death in order to stop a band of ogres from stealing anymore children. Along the way, Momotaro meets a dog, an ape, and a pheasant who all end up helping Momotaro in his journey to the Island of Death.

Sigourney Weaver's narration is soothing as she narrates this popular Japanese children's folktale with feeling. Ryuichi Sakamoto's music is beautiful as it gives the story a Japanese atmosphere. Jeffrey Smith's illustrations are beautiful and detailed, especially of Momotaro himself and the ogres. "Peachboy" is an excellent book for people who love the Rabbit Ears stories and love Japanese folktales. This is actually one of my favorite Japanese folktales besides "The Boy Who Drew Cats" and I'm sure that you will enjoy it too.