The Seven Gods of Luck by David Kudler

The Seven Gods of Luck by David Kudler

A lively adaptation of a Japanese folktale.... The well-paced, carefully plotted text has a sprightly partner in its stylized, gently colored illustrations. - School Library Journal

A sweetly illustrated retelling - The New York Times

Sachiko and Kenji just want to welcome the new year in the proper way, but their mother tells them they don't have the money for a New Year's feast.

An act of generosity brings help from an unexpected source in this heartwarming Japanese classic.

May the Seven Gods of Luck visit you

Fifteenth Anniversary Edition with new notes by author David Kudler

David Kudler is a writer and editor who lives just north of the Golden Gate Bridge with his actress, teacher, and author wife, Maura Vaughn, their aspiring authors, and their non-literary pets. In June 2016, his juvenile historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Story, set in sixteenth-century Japan, was published. Bright Eyes, the sequel, is currently in the works. Stillpoint Digital Press is his company, and he is the publisher. He has directed the Joseph Campbell Foundation's publications program since 1999, editing three posthumous volumes of Campbell's previously unpublished work (Pathways to Bliss, Myths of Light, and Sake & Satori) and overseeing the production of over fifty print, ebook, print, audio, and video titles, including the third edition of the seminal The Hero with a Thousand Faces. David is the vice-president of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association at the moment.