The true story of a Japanese man whose children’s lives were tragically cut short by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Asia
Materials from Asia
Little Ching And Hu Tzu Guard The Cornfield
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First Apple
The author describes 1940s China and her quest, as a nine-year-old girl, to buy a precious apple for her grandmother’s birthday. By the author of A Day on a Shrimp Boat.
Singing Shijimi Clams
ake one older, not-so-wicked-anymore witch, add a slightly grumpy cat, and one large bucket of singing shijimi clams, and what you do NOT end up with, (no matter how hungry you are), is miso soup with clams.
Babar’s World Tour
Babar and his family take a trip around the world.
Echoes Of The White Giraffe
Fifteen-year-old Sookan adjusts to life in the refugee village in Pusan but continues to hope that the civil war will end and her family will be reunited in Seoul. Sequel to Year of impossible goodbyes.
Kanu of Kathmandu: A Journey in Nepal
An eight-year-old boy who lives in the city of Kathmandu takes a tour of several small towns and villages of Nepal, observing many traditional customs and activities.
Search For The Golden Moon Bear: Science And Adventure In The Asian Tropic
Introduces the research involved in tracking and studying a previously unknown species of bear in Southeast Asia as a scientist and her assistant go into the jungle and visit remote villages to learn about this newly discovered animal.
Rice Without Rain
After social rebels convince the headman of a small village in northern Thailand to resist the land rent, his seventeen-year-old daughter Jinda finds herself caught up in the student uprising in Bangkok.
Ganesh
Uprooted from his home in India by a tragedy, Ganesh begins a new life in the Midwest where his experiences with Hinduism, Yoga, and mantras are considered alien.