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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 die. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone . . . Kensuke's Kingdom is a gripping adventure from the author of War Horse. Michael …
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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 MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Ja…
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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 visual interpretations in the form of whimsical watercolors. Full color.
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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 the California desert, simply because he was of Japanese ancestry.
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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 to win her. Love sees pimples as dimples.
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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 treasures are presented.
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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 family are being sent to a place called an internment camp, where all Japanese-Americans must go. The year is 1942. The United States and Japan are at war. Seven-year-old Emi doesn't want to leave he…
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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 World War II. Among those rounded up and taken to the internment camp were Laura's father, then a small boy, and his parents. Now Laura says goodbye to Grandfather in her own special way, with a gest…
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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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