Three Samurai Cats : A Story from Japan

from Klefort

Three Samurai Cats tells a Japanese story about a daimyo (a feudal lord) whose palace gets overtaken by a giant rat who refuses to leave. The daimyo seeks help from a docho (a senior monk) who sends three samurai cats to defeat the rat. The first cat was big and fought the rat to no success. The ...

from ahernandez91

This story is quite strange, but is a great example of a Japanese folktale. A daimyo has a rat in his castle who refuses to leave. No one can get rid of this rat and he is beginning to become a nuisance, so he seeks help from the docho. For he send three different Samuri cats, all of which try to...

from bplma

When a nasty rat overruns his castle, the daimyo, a powerful lord, enlists help from three samurai cats in this wonderful, humorous and very eastern tale with a powerful Zen message. Wildly popular with 1st graders for social studies or writers workshop, this is one of my FAVORITE stories and mos...

from bplma

When a nasty rat overruns the castle of a powerful Lord, he enlists help from three samurai cats in this wonderful, humorous and very eastern tale with a powerful Zen message. Wildly popular with 1st graders for social studies or writers workshop, this is one of my FAVORITE stories and most succe...

from mccooln

I love this book! It's such a good read aloud and there are lots of pictures on each page. Some of the words are a little difficult (like daimyo), but it's nothing that a little pre-teaching won't fix. It would be a great book for a "guess what happens next" type writing/picture drawing activity.