Crow Boy - Paperback
by Taro Yashima
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Availability:In StockContributor:Taro YashimaSeries:Picture Puffin BooksAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:1976-09-30Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780140501728ISBN-10:014050172XUPC:9780140501728Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, School & Education, People & PlacesBook Topic:Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, AsiaAward:1956 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book AwardSize:8.84 x 7.18 x 0.14 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCP55SS4MN
Crow Boy
Winner of a Caldecott Honor A shy Japanese boy having difficulty adjusting to school is misjudged by his classmates. Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse. Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone -- alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a "forlorn little tag-along." But when...
Series: Picture Puffin Books
Audience: Ages 4-8
Language:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780140501728ISBN-10:014050172XUPC:9780140501728Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Social Themes, School & Education, People & PlacesBook Topic:Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, AsiaAward:1956 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book AwardSize:8.84 x 7.18 x 0.14 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCP55SS4MN
Taro Yashima was the pseudonym of Atsushi Iwamatsu, a Japanese artist who lived in the USA during World War II. Iwamatsu was born September 21, 1908, in Nejima, Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, and raised there on the southern coast of Kyushu. His father was a country doctor who collected oriental art and encouraged art in his son. After studying for three years at the Imperial Art Academy in...
Publisher: Puffin Books
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🏆 1956 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book Award
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