Sydney. Hachette. 2008. Young adult novel, paperback. The powerful conclusion to the Tales of the Otori trilogy which transports us once again to an imagined medieval Japan, a land of formal ritual and codes, harsh beauty and deceptive appearance. The teenage lovers, Takeo and Kaede, are now married, but their..... More
Sydney. Hachette. 2008. Young adult novel, paperback. The second book in the extraordinary Tales of the Otori trilogy continues the epic story of Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede, the young lovers whose fate is played out in an ancient Oriental world, where ritualised codes of high honour counter the cruelty..... More
New York. Little, Brown and Company. 2008. Children's picture book bilingual, dustjacket. Wabi Sabi, a little cat in Kyoto goes on a journey to uncover the meaning of her name. A unique picture book about finding real beauty in unexpected places. Concepts: culture, haiku, poetry (When referring to this item..... More
United Kingdom. Random House. 2012. Young adult novel, paperback. A beautifully told story about a mixed heritage girl struggling to come to terms with a classmate's suicide. Kana travels to Japan to stay with her grandmother and begins to learn more about her heritage and, in so doing, to process..... More
Japan: Tuttle Publishing, 2019. Colour illustrations throughout, children's hardback picture book. Take a step back in time to the mythical origins of Japan's creation - told here for the first time in illustrated form. The ancient Kojiki myth traces the beginnings of the Japanese people and the rise of the..... More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2019. Coloured illustrations. 111pp, quarto, hardback in dustjacket. Here, beautifully illustrated and presented in both English and Japanese, are 12 of the best Japanese folktales - shared with generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales engage your imagination as you're carried on turtle-back rides, brought to..... More
