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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
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, *Starred Review, Japan, Kazue Takahashi, Mindfulness, SEL (social emotional learning)
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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
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, *Young Adult, Graphic novel, Harmony Becker, Japan, Language, Realistic fiction
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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
Posted in *Book Review, Easy / Early Reader, Hiroshi Ito, Humor, Japan, Siblings
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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
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, Art, Artists, Biography, James Yang, Japan
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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
Posted in *Book Review, *Starred Review, Folklore, Graphic novel, Japan, Shigeru Mizuki, Supernatural
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Beyond Me – Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
Beyond Me – Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 9781481437899, 2020 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review): 3 Genre: Historical Fiction/Novel in Verse What did you like about the book? Told in … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, Earthquakes, Historical fiction, Japan, Novel-in-verse, Survival
Tagged Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
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I Am Tama, Lucky Cat: a Japanese Legend by Wendy Henrichs, illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi
I Am Tama, Lucky Cat: a Japanese Legend by Wendy Henrichs, illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi. Peachtree (9781561455898), 2011 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1- 5 (5 is excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre: Picture Book What did you like about the … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, Cats, Folk Tale, Japan, Legend, Wendy Henrichs, Yoshiko Jaeggi
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The Star Festival by Moni Ritchie Hadley, illustrated by Mizuho Fujisawa
The Star Festival by Moni Ritchie Hadley, illustrated by Mizuho Fujisawa. Albert Whitman & Company, 9780807575956, c2021 Format: ARC, Advanced Readers Copy Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Picture book What did you like about … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, *Picture Book, *Starred Review, ARC, Festivals, Japan, Mizuho Fujisawa, Moni Ritchie Hadley
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Nori by Rumi Hara
Nori by Rumi Hara. Drawn & Quarterly, 2020. 9781770463974 Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre: Realistic What did you like about the book? First published as a series of minicomics, this book features short vignettes … Continue reading
Posted in *Book Review, Graphic novel, Japan, Rumi Hara
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