Readers will be amused by the endlessly expressive mice and their ingenious homemaking ideas in this second volume of the Five Nice Mice series, featuring five little rodents with highly distinctive personalities. The house next… … Details
A story that speaks to the power of music to bring people together and make them smile, this is the first volume in the Five Nice Mice series featuring five little rodents with highly distinctive… … Details
A boy is just minding his own business, not doing anything in particular, when a patch of green grass sprouts on his head. This is followed by a brick wall, a surge of waves, a… … Details
A strange-looking animal clings to a tree branch. “I’m a koalion,” he says. Beneath him on the page is the question, “Can you tell what two animals I came from?” The answer is a koala… … Details
In this heartwarming tale based on the author’s own experience, Aya enters the first grade. At the welcoming ceremony on the first day of school, everyone else is chattering away, catching up with each other.… … Details
Three elegantly illustrated, dream-like stories tell about small children spending time alone. The title tale centers on a little girl known as “Friday Sugar.” As she naps in her yard one afternoon, birds, bees, butterflies,… … Details
In this stirring tale, grade-school children are shown dealing with such serious issues as bullying and classroom breakdown, working out solutions for themselves, and?strengthened by the experience?finding a way forward. Mizuki is a sixth-grader who… … Details
This is a “how to” book for those who want to learn to draw cute pictures of princesses and other female figures. In addition to model illustrations, the book provides line drawings at various stages… … Details
Rin loves to sing, and she writes good songs, too. Today one of her friends is having a party for her fifth birthday. Rin’s present to her is a special song she has written, which… … Details
White Rabbit was born in the spring, and now it is summer. Her family’s house in the woods may be small, but she has everything she needs. A mother and father she adores. A bed… … Details
Keiko and her older brother have been playing in the park, and he says he’ll race her home. As she chases after him, she crawls through a hedge and finds herself at the edge of… … Details
Mr. Matsui drives a taxi. One autumn day, he picks up a young man as a passenger and follows his instructions to turn right, then left, and so on, over and over, until he no… … Details
Gorō Matsui’s taxi is sky blue, and he always keeps it clean and shiny. Numerous heartwarming stories about the mild-mannered driver and his sometimes rather unusual passengers have been collected in three volumes under the… … Details
The story in this picture book takes place on the night of Setsubun, the traditional last day of winter now celebrated on February 3 or 4 each year, when it is customary for families to… … Details
The oven-fresh smell of bread, the aroma of happiness as a birthday cake is decorated, the refreshing scent of laundry ruffling in the breeze, that tingle in the nose when you’re playing or working hard outdoors,… … Details
Little Riko loves to play with her dolls and stuffed toys. But her big brother barges in and tells her to go somewhere else. Then Mama inattentively kicks Riko’s stuffed deer as she hurries about… … Details
Little Hannah wakes up to discover that it’s still the middle of the night. The rest of her family is sound asleep?her big sister in the bed next to her, and her parents in their… … Details
