Real Ninja: Over 20 True Stories of Japan's Secret Assassins - Hardcover

Stephen Turnbull

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592700810 ISBN 13: 9781592700813

Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books, 2008

Synopsis

A book where parents and kids can get the real story behind these masters of deception.

About this title

About the Author:

Coral Tulloch is an author and illustrator who has created over 50 books for children. She also is the creator of a syndicated page for children that ran for over 20 years in Australian newspapers and internationally as well. Passionate about environmental education, Tulloch is especially committed to doing books on the natural world. James Field was born in England in 1959. After attending college in Wales, he began his professional career in 1982 making models for museums and Welsh TV. An interest in the Samurai led to his first major book, Samurai Warriors, written by Stephen Turnbull.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4–6—The history of the ninja is a source of fascination for readers, typically due to the way they have been portrayed in popular culture, but also because they have long been shrouded in mystery. Even in historical documentation, it is difficult to tell fact from fiction. Turnbull presents all of his depictions as fact, even while many of the details are vague (particularly in the case of two assassinations, which may have instead been natural deaths or suicides). Short tales of ninja daring are accompanied by attractive illustrations that do not always match the text. For example, one story describes undercover operatives who spied on an enemy camp by disguising themselves, but the picture depicts them in typical gear. Turnbull's definition of ninja is stretched in many cases, as some of his tales are about samurai who use cunning techniques or thieves who may have started some of the legends. The stories initially appear to be ordered chronologically, but this is not true throughout. Overall, this is an excellent collection of ninja tales, but less useful as a factual resource due to the lack of documentation.—Alana Abbott, James Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1592700810
• ISBN 13: 9781592700813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: James Field