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Kamishibai Man
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Having ridden into town to sell his candy and tell his story for year, the Kamishibai man is sadden to discover that the television has replaced his important place in the community, yet when years pass and he decides to make one final trip in order to tell his story to those who would listen, the old man gets the surprise of his life when familiar faces suddenly appear in the crowd.
By Allen Say
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9780547345949 | Houghton Mifflin, October 24, 2005, cover price $17.00

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9780618479542 | Houghton Mifflin, October 24, 2005, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.

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