Japan Yokai & Friendly Monsters Activity Book for Kids

About this book

Meet Japan's yokai — the friendly way! This activity book packs 200 puzzles about yokai and friendly monsters: the cucumber-loving kappa, the belly-drumming tanuki, the nine-tailed kitsune, the tengu with his feather fan, the laughing oni, the one-eyed karakasa umbrella and the grinning chochin lantern — every one of them drawn as a smiling friend, never scary, so the book is safe and welcoming for young readers. Along the way, kids learn the gentle promises yokai keep: bow back politely to a kappa, treasure old tools (they may become tsukumogami friends), and greet everyone kindly on parade night.

Inside you will find: 50 MAZES — help kappa guides, sumo kappa, tengu teachers and other yokai friends reach cucumber ponds, festival stalls and parade lanterns. Every maze is computer-checked so it always has a way through. 50 DOT-TO-DOTS — connect the numbers and a yokai friend appears: a kappa, a tanuki, a kitsune, a smiling oni, a karakasa umbrella, a chochin lantern, a tree spirit kodama and more. 50 COLORING PAGES — big, bold pictures of kappa ponds, tanuki drum parties, lantern parades and the great yokai parade night, with Japanese names in romaji to learn while you color. 50 WORD SEARCHES — 10 playful themes, 350 hidden words about yokai friends, river kappa, tanuki and kitsune tricks, house yokai, mountain yokai, snow and sea yokai, yokai foods, festival games, and kind promises. Fun facts about yokai, a Japan Puzzle Master certificate, and full answers at the back.

Print single pages again and again for more fun. Perfect for kids who love monsters, myths and make-believe friends, for classroom units on Japan, and for quiet-time play.