"Grandpa planted a turnip and it grew into a big, sweet, big turnip. Grandpa tries to pull out the turnip by calling out "Untokosho dokkoisho," but the turnip won't come out. The grandfather calls the grandmother and tries to pull the turnip together, but the turnip won't come out. The grandmother calls her granddaughter, the granddaughter calls the dog, and the dog calls the cat, but the turnip does not come out. Finally, the cat calls for the mouse....... A powerful Russian folktale is now a p...
A well known picture book, with repetitive language
The book is fully written in hiragana with spaces between the words.
You can read it for free by watching a read aloud on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LVPm3aJDxJk?feature=shared
The language is very repetative and the the pictures help you know what's going on.