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The Playing Card From the Long-Nosed Goblin

by Naoko Awa
illus. by Junko Hayakawa

Ages 9 UP

Takeshi's friends like to play a card game called Menko, but Takeshi always loses. One day as he is walking home disheartened, a long nosed goblin appears and presents him with a most spectacular Menko playing piece. However, things get even stranger when Takeshi challenges a gathering of fox cubs to a gameÉ

27 x 21 cm, 48 pages, Full-colour illustrations
First published March 2008