Download or read book A Rainbow in the Desert: An Anthology of Early Twentieth Century Japanese Children's Literature written by Yukie Ohta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of eleven stories, a play and five poems. The authors featured were all influenced by Akai Tori (Red Bird), a Tokyo children's literary magazine and also wrote for adult audiences. The stories are striking in that they differ little in style and content from those written for adults.