The Village Beyond the Mist

"It shouldn’t come as any surprise that filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki was deeply influenced by the books he read throughout the years. In 1975, a book of extraordinary imagination was released in Japan. The story featured a young girl, dropped off unceremoniously at a train station, who discovers a small magical village where all the denizens are descended from wizards. Spoiled princes, magical sweets, cowardly tigers, malevolent toys, this book has it all! Now finally published for the first time in the U.S., the book is ideal bedtime reading. Experience the originality and creativity that helped inspire Miyazaki to make Spirited Away. (For ages 8 to 13)"