Collection of small poems-haiku-by the haiku master, Issa. These Haiku bring to light the preciousness of this moment, and the wonder of today. Poem by poem, the cycle of this family’s life together unfolds with moments of simple joy and difficult loss-moments.

Related: Asia, Japan, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780439590785
• Author: Kobayashi, Issa
• Illustrator: Karas, Brian
• Published: 2007
• Themes: Family life, Haiku, season
• Descriptors: Asia, Japan, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9)