Illdoit and the Street Signs of Tokyo

The story

Illdoit answers every question with "I'll do it!" and wears a confetti hat to prove it. When he hops in front of Moania on a wooden walkway to stop her complaining, she lands on the other end of the plank and catapults him into the sky.

He floats down onto a dark, neon-lit street in Tokyo, Japan, where his foot gets stuck between cobblestones full of gremlin faces. A tiny winged elf on a billboard offers to help, if he'll accept it.

The real place: Tokyo

Three things to tell your kid after the story.

1. 1Tokyo is the capital of Japan, and its Shibuya Crossing is one of the busiest street crossings in the world.
2. 2Japanese street signs can use three different writing systems at once: kanji, hiragana and katakana.
3. 3Tokyo is famous for its bright neon signs and giant video billboards that light up the streets at night.

Next stop

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Moania

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