{{Short description|Book by Junko Morimoto}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox book <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The Two Bullies | image = The Two Bullies.jpg| caption = | author = Junko Morimoto, Isao Morimoto (translator) | illustrator = Junko Morimoto | country = Australia | language = English | genre = Children's [[picture book]] | published = 1997 ([[Random House]] (Australia)) | media_type = Print ([[hardback]]) | pages = 32 (unpaginated) | isbn = 9780517800614 | oclc = 39800642 }} '''''The Two Bullies''''' is a 1997 children's picture book by Junko Morimoto. It is based on a [[Japanese folktales|Japanese folktale]], ''Ni-Ou and Dokkoi'' and is about two bullies (strong men), one Japanese, the other Chinese who are going to fight one another but through some humorous events do not, much to their relief.
==Reception== When reviewing ''The Two Bullies'', ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' wrote "Imbued with a Japanese sensibility, Morimoto's artwork is a model of balance, her spare, uncluttered backdrops and clean sweep of brushwork creating a strong visual presence in this subtly humorous picture book" and concluded "their (the bullies') story is not just entertaining but also a lively commentary on the true nature of bullies."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-517-80061-4 |title=The Two Bullies |date=28 June 1999 |website=www.publishersweekly.com |publisher=PWxyz LLC|accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> A child reviewer found it "an enjoyable book".<ref>{{cite news |last=Pastor |first=Diana |title=Young Reviewer of the Year, 1998: Shortlisted reviews - The Two Bullies by Junko Morimoto (Random) |url=http://media01.couriermail.com.au/extras/reviewers/revs1998.htm |newspaper=The Courier Mail |accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>
In 2012 Reading Australia included ''The Two Bullies'' on its First 200 list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://readingaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/RA-200-list1.pdf |title=Reading Australia – First 200: Fiction – children's books |website=readingaustralia.com.au |publisher=Copyright Agency |accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>
==Awards== :1998 winner [[Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book#Award winners|Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://link.pap.lib.tx.us/portal/The-two-bullies-Junko-Morimoto--translated-from/wg1IEFOovX4/ |title=The two bullies, Junko Morimoto; translated from an original Japanese story by Isao Morimoto |website=link.pap.lib.tx.us |publisher=Port Arthur Public Library |accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> :1997 winner [[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards#Categories|New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latrobe.edu.au/childlit/Awards/NSW.htm |title=New South Wales Premier's Literary Award the Patricia Wrightson and Ethel Turner Award|website=www.latrobe.edu.au |publisher=La Trobe University, Bendigo |accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130510084904/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/2436260/two-bullies listing shows reviewed] by the ''[[Horn Book]]'' *[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39521051 library holdings of ''The Two Bullies'']
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