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Author
Series
Choose your own adventure volume 13
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
You are in Japan and a valuable tea ceremony bowl has been stolen from the Ura Senke School of Tea. What you choose to do next in your search for the tea bowl known as "Yukisoo" will take you all over Kyoto and beyond.
Author
Publisher
Bala Kids, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young Sonoko travels on a train to take a precious melon to her Obachama (grandmother), but when she forgets the melon on the train she and Obachama look for it and spend the day cooking, making tea, and sharing stories.
43) Kikuchi's Sushi
Author
Publisher
Tantan Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fox loves looking out over the village from his forest home, but he gets curious when he sees that Kikuchi's sushi restaurant always has a line out the door. Sushi must be delicious. When Fox goes to investigate, Kikuchi teaches him all about sushi-how to prepare rice for it, how to catch fish for it, and, most important, how to eat it! Adorable illustrations portray Fox's story, and pages in the back provide added information about sushi and Japan....
Author
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Nellie and Tamiko live on opposite sides of the world, on opposite sides of World War II. In rural Oregon, Nellie passes the time lying under the stars, wishing for her Pa to come back home, and for Joey, her next door neighbor to talk to her like they used to before his brother was killed in the war. In southern Japan, Tamiko passes the time writing in her diary, hoping one day she can work in the theater making costumes, and praying her brother...
46) The great fire
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In war-torn Asia and stricken Europe, men and women, still young but veterans of harsh experience, must reinvent their lives and expectations, and learn, from their past, to dream again. Some will fulfill their destinies, others will falter. At the center of the story, a brave and brilliant soldier find that survival and worldly achievement are not enough. His counterpart, a young girl living in occupied Japan and tending her dying brother, falls...
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 8
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On her last stop in Japan, eight-year-old Jasmine cherishes the time spent with her family, and plants a garden to ensure a lasting connection with her Obaachan even after returning home.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Night Parade is about to begin . . . The ground thunders in Tokyo. A gust of wind blows. The pitter patter of paws and claws draws closer. The air is thick with swirling, swooping demons. It's Eka's favorite evening of the year, the one night she refuses to miss. But it's become harder to travel to Japan now that she's living across the world in New York. Unsure of when she can return next to see her yokai friends, Eka tries to forget that this...
50) The lost ryū
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Running out of time to make his grandfather smile once again before it's too late, Kohei searches for a ryū--a dragon of legend--in this multigenerational story about the lengths to which people will go to protect those they love.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along the way.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A little girl is determined to make perfect nigiri sushi for her grandmother, but her efforts only lead to frustration, until a surprising discovery helps her understand that cooking with love is more important than cooking perfect food.
Author
Series
The 39 clues volume 3
Publisher
Destino Infantil y Juvenile
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair. Spies report that Amy and Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If this fearsome warrior was a Cahill, his secrets are sure to be well-guarded.
Author
Series
Agatha Mistery volume 24
Publisher
La Galera
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
¡Larry está emocionadísimo! Esta vez el Eye International les ha encargado una misión muy especial: él y a Agatha viajarán a Japón para proteger a Goro Saitama, uno de los autores de manga más famosos y, curiosamente, su autor favorito. Alguien está tramando robar el último capítulo de su serie más famosa... ¿Conseguirán los jóvenes detectives, con su gran astucia, desenmascarar al auténtico ladrón?
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called 'Quirks'? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
℗2011, ©2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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