Kensuke's kingdom
Gorgeous new colour illustrations for the best-selling Kensuke's Kingdom. Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up to d…
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- 9781405221740
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- 160 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Drawing from memory
Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist DRAWING FROM M…
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- 9780545176866
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- 63 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- 741.64092 SAY
Cool melons--turn to frogs! : the life and poems of Issa
Born in 1763 on a farm in central Japan, Issa began writing haiku as a young child. Matthew Gollub has integrated the story of Issa's life and selections of his best-known work with Kazuko Stone's …
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- 1880000717
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 928 KOB
I am an American : a true story of Japanese internment
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Young Shi Nomura was among the 120,000 American citizens who lost everything when he was sent by the U.S. government to Manzanar, an interment camp in …
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- 0590684442
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- 102 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 973 STA
Jokes, comic tales & proverbs from Japan
This volume will tickle you with the funny side of evaryday life in old Japan. You will find gems of Japanese wisdom too, like : Marry a thrifty girl even if you have to wear out your shoes trying …
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- 9789813029026
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- 112 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 808.7 CHO
One leaf rides the wind : counting in a Japanese garden
Introduces haiku through a collection of ten simple poems while exploring the diversity and beauty of a Japanese garden as one leaf, three miniature bonsai trees, and other plants and garden treasu…
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- 0142401951
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- 32 pages : illustration : 24 cm
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- 811 MAN
The crocodile and the dentist
A dentist who treats a toothache and treats it. Say the same words in the same scene. Yuka who expressed each psychological difference with a picture. Ina picture book.
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- 0590677314
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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The bracelet
Yoshiko Uchida draws on her own childhood as a Japanese-American during World War II in an internment camp to tell the poignant story of a young girl's discovery of the power of memory. Emi and her…
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- 9780698113909
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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So far from the Sea
Laura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to Laura's grandfather's grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during…
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- 9780547237527
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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Umbrella
Momo can't wait to use the red boots and umbrella she received on her birthday. All she needs now is a rainy day! Soft illustrations portray a thoughtful story about patience and growing independence.
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- 0140502408
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
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