by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Picture Book
The Kamishibai man used to ride his bicycle into town where he would tell stories to the children and sell them candy, but gradually, fewer and fewer children came running at the sound of his clappers. They were all watching their new televisions instead. Finally,...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Picture Book
Have you ever been to Tokyo, Japan? Far away, in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo is a busy city of color, activity, celebrations, gigantic buildings, and much more. Seven-year-old Mimiko lives in Tokyo, and here you can follow a year’s worth of fun, food and...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Picture Book
Imagine walking to the same place every day, to meet your best friend. Imagine watching hundreds of people pass by every morning and every afternoon. Imagine waiting, and waiting, and waiting. For ten years. This is what Hachiko did. Hachiko was a real dog who lived...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Picture Book
Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid–words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man’s love for two countries and his...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Sookan, the unforgettable heroine of Year of Impossible Goodbyes, is now fifteen years old and a refugee in Pusan, a city in a southern province of Korea. The Korean War is raging, and she once again has been separated from her father and brothers. Anxiously awaiting...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Picture Book
Caldecott Medalist Allen Say creates a beautiful story about an American girl who seeks adventure in Japan and discovers more than she could have imagined.In her grandmother’s house there is one Japanese print of a small house with lighted windows. Even as a...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Sun-hee and her older brother, Tae-yul, live in Korea with their parents. Because Korea is under Japanese occupation, the children study Japanese and speak it at school. Their own language, their flag, the folktales Uncle tells them–even their names–are...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Historical Fiction
Jade never ventures beyond the walls of her family’s Inner Court; in seventeenth-century Korea, a girl of good family does not leave home until she marries. She is enthralled by her older brother’s stories about trips to the market and to the ancestral...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Fiction
Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place long ago, he is much like any little boy today–always on the lookout for excitement and adventure!Little Pear is just looking for fun, but he has a knack for finding...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 6, 2010 | Picture Book
Eighty years before Columbus, China sent ships to explore the world.The Chinese discovered many marvelous things, but one discovery stood out above the others: the chee-lin.This chee-lin was just a giraffe, but to the Chinese it was an omen of good fortune so rare...
