Materials from Japan
Lord Otori, Takeo, and Takeo’s new teacher Kenji meet Kaede who was chosen as the future Lady Otori by a group of political partners. Takeo is still trying to come to terms with knowing that he is one of the Tribe—a group of mysterious, ninja-like assassins. When Takeo and Kaede first meet, they get attracted to each other.
When his older sister is reported missing, teenager Adam travels from England to Tokyo, Japan, to look for her.
A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who becomes separated from her human mother.
Tricked by a fox into giving up his share of cherries, a famous Japanese poet is inspired to write a haiku and the fox, ashamed of his actions, must devise another trick to set things right.
Babar and his family take a trip around the world.
Describes transportation, education, home life, holidays, and other aspects of life in the heavily populated island nation of Japan. Part of the Imagine living here series.
In Japan, the death of her former landlady triggers a young woman’s memories about her father’s death when she was six years old, and the special way the old lady helped her to cope with the loss.
The true story of a Japanese man whose children’s lives were tragically cut short by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Plagued by headaches and nightmares, Tomomi tries to make sense of her grandmother’s death, her little brother’s obsession with saving sick and abandoned cats, and her fear that she is becoming a monster.
While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.