Materials from Japan
An old bamboo cutter finds a tiny child in the hollow of a bamboo stalk. Thus begins the beloved story of the Moon Princess, whose unearthly beauty brings her fame and would-be husbands from throughout the land, but whose destiny shines far off in the sky. The delicate color and detail of Kancho Oda’s illustrations, painted over half a century ago, create a mood of charm and mystery, admirably accompanied by the lilting verse of writer, translator, and lyricist Ralph F. McCarthy.
Written by the mother-daughter team of Eriko and Anna Sato, this book introduces 109 kanji characters to children with poems and illustrations. It includes all the Japanese Government specified first grade level kanji characters and a sprinkling of simple second to sixth grade characters. The kanji are introduced in the context of 36 colorful paintings and poems by 14-year-old Anna Sato, herself a kanji learner. Each of the poems is presented in both Japanese and English, and all kanji are accompanied by furigana (small hiragana letters), stroke-order diagrams, sample vocabulary and boxes for writing practice.
A young Japanese boy, worried that his grandfather is lonely, accompanies him to the public bath.
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!