Translation practice: "Kappa no seikatsu zukan" (An Illustrated Guide to Kappa Life)

According to Japanese folklore, kappa are a type of supernatural creature that lures and pulls people into water. However, a library book I picked up gave a rather different depiction of kappa.

An Illustrated Guide to Kappa Life (カッパの生活図鑑), by Kunihiko Hisa, portrays kappa as generally harmless and merely fun-loving creatures.

The water-loving kappa. Literally, “river child” in Japanese.