Materials from Japan
Guri and Gura CD Edition is the first in a series of eight animal story books about two adorable field mice and their adventures. In this story, the friends find a giant egg on their walk in the forest, which they use to bake a giant sponge cake. Smelling the cake, the animals gather around to share the freshly baked, fluffy treat. A story of resourcefulness, friendship, and sharing this fully illustrated CD edition of a favorite classic is sure to capture the imagination of young children.
In this graphic depiction of nuclear devastation, three survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima–Gen, his mother, and his baby sister–face rejection, hunger, and humiliation in their search for a place to live.
Japanese edition of A Very Hungry Caterpillar, who bites into everything including the pages of this book! A colorful, fun book complete with holes! In Japanese.
Chinese edition of A Very Hungry Caterpillar, who bites into everything including the pages of this book! A colorful, fun book complete with holes! In Chinese.
Baby Hajime spends a night talking and laughing with the animals in the North Woods but chooses to return to his parents in the morning.
A rhyming text explores animal camouflage, while die-cut pages reveal the animals hiding throughout the book.
A boy pursues and captures elusive butterflies but decides that it is more fun to carry home his memories than a trophy.
Several lost animals find a cozy house in the woods, settle down for the night, and are startled with the house’s very big owner arrives.
Prejudice linked to an event from the past threatens the friendship that Akiko and her brother have made with a boy on their new island home.
It’s time for seven little mice to start school! And it’s up to Mother Mouse to get them there. When the little mice prove reluctant, Mother Mouse invents “the mouse train” — all aboard!