A blithe retelling of a traditional Japanese tale features a small girl named Momoko, who bursts from inside the giant peach a couple finds by their door and announces she’s come to make the world a better place. Her new parents warn of a nearby ogre who eats small children. On her way to confront him she meets a monkey, a dog, and a pheasant, who all add to the ogre’s legend — he’s bigger than a tree, with teeth like knives and eyes that shoot flames, AND he eats small children. But they accompany her, buoyed by Momoko’s courage and the promise of peach dumplings. Playful details in both the narrative and the illustrations propel a delightful story in which the ogre himself proves to be lonely, and friendly, and a lover of peach dumplings, too. “Peachy.” (Ages 4–8)

In this reimagining of a Japanese folk tale, Momoko is born from a peach to make the world a better place. Despite rumours of a terrible ogre that lives nearby and eats children, Momoko bravely sets out with a pocketful of dumplings and the timid Monkey, Dog, and Pheasant to find out the truth for herself.

When the farmer and her husband find a giant peach at their door, they can't imagine how it got there. But they are even more surprised when the skin bursts open and out leaps...a girl. Momoko is here to make the world a better place, and what better way to start than by investigating the rumours about a fearsome local ogre? Everyone says the ogre has teeth like knives, shoots flames from his eyes, and eats small children.

But Momoko wants to find out for herself, and her new friends Monkey, Dog, and Pheasant might just be able to help her - as long as she's willing to share those tasty peach dumplings.

In Peach Girl, Raymond Nakamura creates a quirky modern telling of an old Japanese folktale. Award-winning illustrator Rebecca Bender's spirited acrylics bring to life a spunky heroine, a trio of expressive animals, and a vivid Japanese landscape.