Circus Day in Japan
Bilingual English and Japanese Text
$21.36
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2016
Summary
This multicultural children’s book contains both English and Japanese script along with beautiful, colorful illustrations.
Circus Day in Japan is the warmly-illustrated story of an exciting day spent by two Japanese children, Joji-chan and Koko-chan, at a circus. Joji-chan and Koko-chan delight at the new sights of their first circus, and young readers are gently introduced to Japanese customs and sites.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804847438 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0804847436 |
| Author: | Eleanor Coerr, Yumi Matsunari |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Tuttle Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 595g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm x 10mm |
About The Author
Eleanor Coerr
Eleanor B. Coerr traveled to Japan as a newspaper reporter in 1949, where she lived on a farm for a year, learning the language. Inspired by her farm family and a visit to a local circus, Eleanor wrote and illustrated Circus Day in Japan. It was first published by Tuttle in 1953 and remained in print until 1968. Eleanor is best-known for Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
Yumi Matsunari is a professional translator and interpreter living in Fukui, Japan. She studied in Kyoto, Cambridge and London. Among her works are A Treasury of Japanese Folktales and Japanese Made Easy.
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