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Though Taro is known for his laziness, he is also clever and so finds a way to become wealthy. Realistic illustrations place Taro and his mother in a long ago Japan in this spritely retelling of a traditional trickster tale.
A series of memories from this Caldecott Medalist's life begins in Japan and moves between the two cultures of which he is part. The revealing narration is interwoven with photographs, cartoons, sketches and more.
Young Emma feels that her art is inspired by the white rug that she's had since birth. When her mother washes the rug, Emma is — at least for a time — convinced that the source of her talent is gone, too.
Erika, an American child, was always fascinated by a painting at her grandmother's; that of a rustic home in Japan.
A contemporary man traveling in a kayak finds himself in an earlier time in an internment camp filled with Japanese American children.
An elderly kamishibai man travels the route on which he once told stories using his paper theater. Though the city is now crowded and noisy, the children — now grown — remember and stop once more.
The narrator recalls his first Christmas in Japan and why his mother decorated a tree with a thousand paper cranes as she relives her holidays in California. Based on a family story, Say's illustrations evoke a holiday in two cultures.
It's Christmastime, and Eric has a special assignment — he has to write a report about a new painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
La serie Fiestas del mundo de National Geographic ofrece a los lectores de primero hasta cuarto grado una introducción a las distintas fiestas religiosas y culturales que se celebran en distintas partes del mundo.
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It's Christmas Eve as Alfredito and his parents head for the train station to visit their relatives in Santiago.