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      The Magic Fan

      by Keith Baker
      Published
      Jan 1993
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      36
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      Yoshi, an imaginative young Japanese carpenter, builds and builds--everything he can think of, everything the townspeople need--until one day he runs out of ideas. The boy finds a magic fan floating in the sea that guides his creative impulses; it inspires him to build first a boat, then a giant kite and, finally, a bridge from one side of the village to the other. Everyone scoffs at Yoshi and his crazy ideas, until a tidal wave forces them onto the boy's bridge and they are saved from destruction. As the fan disappears in the storm Yoshi thinks he is lost, until he realizes the fan merely enabled him to have confidence in the talents he already possessed.

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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Picture Books

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      First Edition Jan 1993 Harcourt ISBN13 9780153003349 ISBN10 0153003340
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      Feb 1997 Harcourt ISBN13 9780152009830 ISBN10 0152009833
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      Oct 1989 Harcourt ISBN13 9780152507503 ISBN10 0152507507
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      Feb 1997 Perfection Learning ISBN13 9780780772625 ISBN10 0780772628
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      Feb 1997 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780613023481 ISBN10 061302348X
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      Mar 1997 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9780606124089 ISBN10 060612408X
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