Ethnic Orientation/Japanese

  • Japanese Kitchen Knives: Essential Techniques and Recipes

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    Sales of Japanese kitchen knives are booming in the U.S. But how many people have the skills to use these superbly-crafted tools to full advantage? Now, internationally renowned chef Hiromitsu Nozaki … [more below]

    • Author: Nozaki, Hiromitsu
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: January 25 2013
    • ISBN10: 1568364903
    • Language: English
  • Japanese Myths, Legends & Folktales: Bilingual English and Japanese Edition

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    Here, beautifully illustrated and presented in both English and Japanese, are 12 of the best Japanese folktales–shared with generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales enga… [more below]

    • Author: Yasuda, Yuri
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: March 12 2019
    • ISBN10: 4805314737
    • Language: English
  • Time for Bed, Miyuki

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    Outstanding Merit, Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year

    “The striking artwork brings Miyuki’s imagination to life with wondrous, bright colors that curiously set a dreamy stage for this gorge

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    • Author: Galliez, Roxane Marie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 0
    • Publish Date: September 18 2018
    • ISBN10: 1616897058
    • Language: English
  • Weedflower

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    Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being th… [more below]

    • Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: January 27 2009
    • ISBN10: 1416975667
    • Language: English
  • Japanese Traditions: Rice Cakes, Cherry Blossoms and Matsuri: A Year of Seasonal Japanese Festivities

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    Packed with colorful illustrations and fun facts about Japanese culture, celebrations, language and history, this multicultural children’s books will delight children and parents alike

    A wonderful lo

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    • Author: Broderick, Setsu
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: April 10 2010
    • ISBN10: 4805310898
    • Language: English
  • Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide

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    Yokai Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan’s traditional monsters and creepy-crawlies.

    Yokai are ethereal sorts of beings, like ghosts, nearly always encountered at night; everyone

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    • Series: Yokai Attack!
    • Author: Yoda, Hiroko
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: August 10 2012
    • ISBN10: 480531219X
    • Language: English
  • On the Horizon

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    From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII’s most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white i

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    • Author: Lowry, Lois
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 80
    • Publish Date: August 16 2022
    • ISBN10: 0358668077
    • Language: English
  • The Thing about Luck

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    There is bad luck, good luck, and making your own luck–which is exactly what Summer must do to save her family in this winner of the National Book Award by Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata.

    Summer k

    • Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: June 03, 2014
    • ISBN10: 1442474653
    • Language: English
  • Onigiri

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    Japanese rice balls made easy!

    When a snack stands the test of time, you know it’s good! Onigiri–balls of rice that can be served plain or stuffed with tuna, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and more–are

    • Author: Watanabe, Ai
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: May 10, 2022
    • ISBN10: 1974727270
    • Language: English
  • On the Horizon

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    From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII’s most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white i

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    • Author: Lowry, Lois
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 80
    • Publish Date: April 07 2020
    • ISBN10: 0358129400
    • Language: English
  • Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai

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    Fans of Lisa Greenwald and Wendy Mass are sure to fall head-over-heels for this funny, sweet story of crushes, competition, and the confusing reality of middle school.

    “Heartbreak is for suckers.” —

    • Author: Florence, Debbi Michiko
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: August 03, 2021
    • ISBN10: 1338671561
    • Language: English
  • Drawing from Memory

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    Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist

    DRAWING FROM MEMORY i… [more below]

    • Author: Say, Allen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 64
    • Publish Date: September 01 2011
    • ISBN10: 0545176867
    • Language: English
  • Two Mrs. Gibsons

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    Two Mrs. Gibsons is author Toyomi Igus’s tender and touching tribute to the two most important women in her life–her Japanese mother and her African American grandmother.

    From memories of her grandmot

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    • Author: Igus, Toyomi
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: April 01 2013
    • ISBN10: 0892391707
    • Language: English
  • Betrayal of Trust: 7

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    Hana would be like any other thirteen-year-old immigrant trying to fit into life at an American school, but she also battles hostile, animal-like warriors from the dimension of Argon Falls. In discove

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    • Series: Z Graphic Novels / Tomo
    • Author: Rogers, Bud
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: November 07 2009
    • ISBN10: 0310713064
    • Language: English
  • The Star Festival

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    2021 Freeman Book Awards Honorable Mention – Children’s Literature
    The Best Children’s Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College

    STARRED REVIEW! “Hadley has created a remarkable debut that flows ele

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    • Author: Hadley, Moni Ritchie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 0807576026
    • Language: English
  • Truman the Dog

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    T is for Truman, tricks, and TROUBLE Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he’s still got enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-foster… [more below]

    • Series: My Furry Foster Family
    • Author: Florence, Debbi Michiko
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 72
    • Publish Date: August 01 2019
    • ISBN10: 1515845605
    • Language: English
  • The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden

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    ★ “Smith spins a quietly moving narrative…Wada’s large-scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story’s restrained text…The graceful way in which this book handles

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    • Author: Smith, Heather
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: September 17 2019
    • ISBN10: 1459821033
    • Language: English
  • Kingston the Great Dane

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    What do you do with a gentle Great Dane who’s the size of a cow but acts like he’s no bigger than a mini dachshund? If you’re eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family, you shower th… [more below]

    • Series: My Furry Foster Family
    • Author: Florence, Debbi Michiko
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 72
    • Publish Date: August 01 2020
    • ISBN10: 1515873315
    • Language: English
  • Little One-Inch & Other Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories

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    With this Japanese book for children, your whole family can experience the wonder and excitement that these well-loved tales bring to story time or bedtime reading.

    Welcome to a fantastic world popula

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    • Series: Favorite Children’s Stories
    • Author: Sakade, Florence
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: April 24 2018
    • ISBN10: 0804850593
    • Language: English
  • Apple and Annie, the Hamster Duo

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    Annie and Apple are a pair of chatty, restless dwarf hamsters from the animal shelter who are being fostered by eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her family. Kaita can’t wait to find forever homes for t… [more below]

    • Series: My Furry Foster Family
    • Author: Florence, Debbi Michiko
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 72
    • Publish Date: August 01 2019
    • ISBN10: 1515845613
    • Language: English
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