In early-1900s Japan, Misuzu Kaneko grows from precocious bookworm to instantly-beloved children’s poet. But her life ends prematurely, and Misuzu’s work is forgotten. Decades later her poems are rediscovered—just in time to touch a new generation devastated by the tsunami of 2011. This picture book features Misuzu’s life story plus a trove of her poetry in English and the original Japanese.
- ISBN: 9781634059626
- Author: Kaneko, Misuzu
- Illustrator: Hajiri, Toshikado
- Translators: Ito, Sally; Jacobson, David; Tsuboi, Michiko
- Published: 2012 , Chin Music Press
- Themes: Haiku, Poets
- Descriptors: Asia, Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Japan, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 64