Reddit reviews The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
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The Book Of Yokai. Cool book about creatures of Japanese folklore https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520271025/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_2rtRCbEJQY7PQ
Thank you so much for posting this!
If you want a simple to understand guide, I would recommend "The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore", which is also by Michael Dylan Foster. It dosen't go in depth that much, but it has a wide variety.
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Here is a link to the book OP is talking about.
Here's the image I printed off.
From GeGeGe no Kitarou ep 9
^^^This ^^^is ^^^the ^^^book ^^^i'm ^^^reading~
Manga seems an obvious choice here, something like Yotsuba to could be fun. Others to check out are Kamikaze Girls and Nana
In terms of mythology and folk lore:
Lafcaido Hearn's ghost stories are quite fun.
As is this book on Japanese monsters - The Book of Yokai
Lastly, I am a literature person so I have to recommend at least one piece of literature. Perhaps something like Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen or Soseki's I Am a Cat could be good a young reader and serve as an introduction to Japanese literature. Though admittedly the Soseki may a little much for 12 years old. It is a great book though!
I wouldn't be able to do the topic much justice through a reddit post, but I'll reccomend you some great books on the topic
The encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
The Dictionary of Demons: Names of the damned
The Vengeful Djinn: Unveiling the Hidden Agenda of Genies
The book of Yokai: Mysterious creatures of Japanese folklore
That oughta be a good start, because believe me the topic is as interesting as it is detailed.