The Triple-Zero Arithmetic Case Files トリプル・ゼロの算数事件簿
Fifth-grader Yūten Ariake is a math whiz, but no one in his class knows it because he blows off the tests and gets low scores. His best friend Kyōhei Todoroki excels in sports, is a… … Details
Fifth-grader Yūten Ariake is a math whiz, but no one in his class knows it because he blows off the tests and gets low scores. His best friend Kyōhei Todoroki excels in sports, is a… … Details
Little Kū-chan sees Mama getting ready to make something in the kitchen, and wants to help?all the more so when she discovers that what they’ll be making is pancakes. She loves them! “I don’t need… … Details
Every page of this board book is jam-packed with drawings of animals, insects, sea creatures, flowers, fruits and vegetables, favorite foods, vehicles, clothing and other things around the house?nine categories of items small children can… … Details
Fourth-grader An is big sister to Mei, a newborn. In the first family picture of the four of them together, everybody is beaming. But a month after Mei is born, Mommy and Daddy don’t seem… … Details
This delightful coloring book for children and adults mixes intricately patterned coloring pages with color-by-number puzzles. Many of the pages include sections that don’t look like anything because they are chopped into small pieces by… … Details
A little boy whimsically imagines that everyone around him is a gorilla. Mama calls out, “Time to clean your room!” But when the reader turns the page, a cutout in the page frames Mama’s face… … Details
From indoor projects using empty boxes and origami paper, to outdoor play with soap bubbles and flower garlands, this book is filled with make-it-yourself projects to last all year long, with ideas for every season… … Details
Thirteen-year-old Ayane spends part of her summer vacation during the eighth grade on a research trip to a fossil bed in Java with her geologist aunt Fūko, a stratigraphic specialist. Ayane is still wavering about… … Details
Kan is a literary-minded boy who’s also big on athletics. When he enters high school, he becomes friends with Takayuki, a boy of similar interests who is an accomplished tennis player. At Takayuki’s urging, Kan… … Details
A collection of linked stories in which the mysterious Monsieur Tomāre?tomare in Japanese is the imperative form of “stop”?appears at times of distress to offer advice to young and old alike. Whenever someone is ignoring… … Details
This book is compiled from translated extracts of French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre’s Souvenirs entomologiques, originally serialized in the Asahi Newspaper Elementary School Edition between April 2014 and September 2015. The text is written in Fabre’s… … Details
This is a series of picture books featuring a cute little hamster girl named Kuri who likes to cook. In Kuri-chan to himawari no tane (Kuri and the Sunflower Seeds), Kuri grows some sunflowers because… … Details
This is the third installment in the Kuma-Kuma Chan series, which has won a wide following in Japan, especially among young women, and is now spreading its fan base elsewhere in Asia, Europe, and the… … Details
Wolf is ambling along when he sees an apple hanging from a tree, seemingly well out of reach. Too bad, you think, but just then, bwannng, Wolf’s arm stretches all the way across the page… … Details
In Japan, earthquakes are not a question of if but when?which means it is essential to always be prepared. The original Jishin itsumo nōto (Always Be Prepared Earthquake Notes), published in 2007, has sold more… … Details
The story is about a family of field mice?five children and their Mama. Nonesuke is the big brother, and he’s followed in age order by sisters Nono and Nene, brother Zunta, and baby sister Mii.… … Details
Michiko is sitting on a chair in her yard about to bite into a cookie when she sees a butterfly, frog, lizard, and brown-eared bulbul gathered in a flowerpot at her feet. The frog points… … Details
In a little town a little girl is sunning herself on the stoop in front of her house when her older brother comes to invite her on a walk. They start out hand in hand,… … Details
Lette the kitten belongs to a postal carrier who lives in a third-floor apartment. The little kitty’s favorite spot to rest when the mailman is away is in an old mail-carrier’s bag that now hangs… … Details