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• “Tales from Japan” (click title for thumbnail)
  These Japanese stories are include folk tales, historical tales, myths, and legends. They are told both solo and in tandem. These presentations are enriched with their knowledge of Japanese culture and the beauty of Japan's natural environment. Translated by Harold Wright, Adapted by Harold and Jonatha Wright. Stories geared for older children through adults. Spring, 2000. Produced by SoundSpace, Yellow Springs, OH.
  ‘Red-faced God,’ ‘Crane Maiden,’ ‘Rashomon,’ ‘Picture Bride,’ ‘Snow Woman’ and ‘Ikkyu-san.’
  Compact Disc, Weight 3 1/2 ounces, $16.00 plus shipping and handling
  
• “Ichi, Ni, San, Shi...Go!” (click title for thumbnail)
  These stories are among the favorites of Japanese children. They are ancient tales, both told and read to countless generations of Japanese. These tales come from some of the Japanese students they have known, Japanese storytellers, other friends, acquaintances and strangers; who often heard them as children.  Told solo and tandem.  Translated by Harold Wright, Adapted by Harold and Jonatha Wright. Stories geared for K through 5th grades.   Spring 2003. ‘Tongue Cut Sparrow,’ ‘The Forgotten Gourd,’ ‘Man with a Lump,’ ‘500 Rivers’ and ‘The Terrible Leak.”
  Compact Disc, Weight  3 1/2 ounces, $16.00 plus shipping and handling
• "Four Seasons with Jack and His Kin"
  Through these Jack Tales, Jonatha and Harold are returning to their Appalachian roots.  Harold is an urban Appalachian from Dayton, Ohio.  His people came from Adams and Perry counties in the hills of Southern Ohio.  Jonatha, originally from Missouri, traces her Appalachian heritage back to Alabama.  Told solo and tandem.
  You will meet Jack and his kin:  ‘Ole Gruesome Greenlocks,’ ‘Jack and the Fence Post,’ ‘ Jack and the Northwest Wind’ and ‘The Three Sillies.’
  Compact Disc, Weight 3 1/2 ounces, $16.00 plus shipping and handling

DVD available for purchase

• "Jonatha and Harold Wright: Pieces from Our Story Quilt"
  A sampling of tales from Ohio, Ohio's Appalachia, and Japan. Get acquainted with the Wright's annimated style as you view them telling in tandem and solo:
  ‘Ikkyu-san,’ ‘Ol’ Gruesome Greenlocks,’ ‘Christmas Leaves,’ ‘Joseph Kelly, Captured by Indians,’ ‘An Outlandish Knight,' next a Kamishibai presentation of ‘Urashima Taro,’ and ending with a tandem, ‘Picture Bride.’ Geared for all audiences. Spring 2006. Produced by
  Ego Machine Productions.
  DVD, Weight 4 ounces, $20.00 plus shipping and handling
• "Haiku, Triku, Tanka and More: Fifty Years of Japan- Inspired Fixed Form Verse" (click title for thumbnail) with accompanying CD.  A collection of the experimental verse written over the last fifty plus years by Harold Wright, professor emeritus of Japanese Language and Literature, Antioch College.  The focus of this work is mostly the short poetry created under the influence of Japanese fixed form syllabic poetry, the Haiku, Tanka and Choka.  Text read by the poet, Harold Wright.
  Compact Disc/ Book, Weight 5 1/2 ounces, $24.95 plus shipping and handling
• "Spine Tingling Tales of Old Japan" (click title for thumbnail) by Jonatha and Harold Wright. 
  Japan is an ancient culture with over two thousand years of ghosts, monsters and changelings of over one hundred different types and all are still haunting their favorite temples, bridges, mountains, and shrines. These legendary creatures grow in stature and stories to this day.  This book contains seven stories ranging from spooky to terrifying.  Scary tricks are the plot of two stories, “What Scares You the Most” and “The Bravest Samurai.”  “The Monster of the Rashomon” and “Snow Woman” are the best known in the West.  Not as well known are the more regional tales of “Snow Ghost,” “The Skeptic” and “Uryu Island.”
  Book, Weight 5 1/2 ounces, $12.00 plus shipping and Handling through Lulu
  direct

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