Category Archives: Japan
Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind by Misa Sugiura
Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind by Misa Sugiura. Labyrinth Road, 2023. 9780593564066 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Adventure/fantasy What did you like about the book? Being at the … Continue reading
Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II by Deborah Hopkinson
Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II by Deborah Hopkinson. Scholastic Focus, 2023. 9781338746167 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback ARC, published April 2023 What did you like about … Continue reading
Peace Is a Chain Reaction by Tanya Lee Stone
Peace is a Chain Reaction: How WWII Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together by Tanya Lee Stone. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9780763676865 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you … Continue reading
Sumo Colors / Sumo Shapes by Sanae Ishida
Sumo Colors (9781632173447) / Sumo Shapes (9781632173119) by Sanae Ishida. Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2022. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Board books What did you like about the book? These adorable … Continue reading
The Secret Forest Friends by Kyoko Hara, illustrated by Kazue Takahashi
The Secret Forest Friends by Kyoko Hara, illustrated by Kazue Takahashi. Museyon, c2019, 2022. 9781940842646 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book? Mayu is going … Continue reading
Kuma-Kuma Chan: The Little Bear by Kazue Takahashi, translated by Alex Child
Kuma-Kuma Chan: The Little Bear by Kazue Takahashi, translated by Alex Child. Museyon, c2001, 2022. 9781940842578 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Kuma-Kuma Chan … Continue reading
Himawari House by Harmony Becker
Himawari House by Harmony Becker, First Second, 2021. 9781250235572 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Paperback graphic novel Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Nao was born in Japan to … Continue reading
Free Kid To Good Home by Hiroshi Ito
Free Kid To Good Home by Hiroshi Ito, translated by Cathy Hirano. Gecko Press, c1991, 2022. 9781776574421 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? … Continue reading
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi by James Yang
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi by James Yang. Viking, 2021. 9780593203446 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Picture book What did you like about the book? In this … Continue reading
Tono Monogatari by Shigeru Mizuki
Tono Monogatari by Shigeru Mizuki. Translated by Zack Davisson. Drawn & Quarterly, 2021. 9781770464360 Format: Paperback graphic novel Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Fantasy/folklore What did you like about the book? The folkloric tales … Continue reading
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