For I am certainly very much left wondering as to from which specific (and likely Asian) traditions The Paper Crane hails, whether it is as I from the title and especially the origami illustrations suspect a Japanese inspired story (whether it might even be a combination of different cultures and traditions, or perhaps that Molly Bang's tale is actually a totally original offering, albeit one inspired by origami and such). Now while I have indeed and very much enjoyed the sweetly descriptive, often delightfully esoteric marriage of text and images of Molly Bang's The Paper Crane (that real and palpable but also glowingly imaginative sense of magic and that being of a kind and generous spirit will or rather can engender and give many types of wonderful and unexpected rewards), I do have to admit that I did and still do kind of feel as though I am for one only getting part of the story with The Paper Crane and that for two and yes for me much more importantly from a folkloric and academic point of view, that the complete and total lack of an author's note with regard to cultural background, with regard to which folktale or folktales Molly Bang has made use of (or might have made use of) to compose The Paper Crane really does bother and rather massively annoy me.
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