After a perfect day together with Grandma—feeding koi in the pond, folding origami paper in the garden, eating a delicious dinner, and listening to the “night music” by the water—Yuki realizes too late that night has come. Waving goodbye to Grandma, Yuki knows she’ll have to be brave to make it home without anyone’s help. Even though Grandma wants her three pets to accompany Yuki home, Yuki sends them back, because she doesn’t want Grandma to be lonely.

• ISBN: 9781599900230
• Published: 2008 , Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Themes: Animals, grandmother and grandchild, growing up, multigenerational
• Descriptors: Asia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Japan, Picture Book
• No. of pages: 36