Books

Children's Books

This list is far from complete. Book reviews by students will be posted as soon as they are ready.

• Count Your Way Through Japan by Jim Haskins (picture book)
  This book is about Japanese numbers. It told about Japanese traditions, the clothes they wore in the different times of the year, and that they have earthquakes 1,500 times a year. We liked this book because it told us about how the Japanese live and the book tells how to say and read Japanese numbers from 1 to 10. This book is good for grades one to five. by Michael and Darin
• Japan, Enchantment of the World by Ann Heinrichs (children's reference book)
• How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman (picture book)
  The story is about a Japanese woman and a American man who learned how to eat different foods with different utensils. Mac and I think the book was very interesting and we`d recommend this book for third grade and above. It was pretty cool learning about how the Japanese people eat with chopsticks. by Matt and Mac
• Tea With Milk by Allan Say (picture book)
  May's parents were Japanese but she was born in America. But they moved to Japan. May stayed in Japan for about a year, even though she does not like it there. She gets a job and moves away from home. She meets a person that also speaks English. They become great friends and make a home together. This book was interesting and it had a good plot. We think that it had good charecters.Reviewed by Tristan and Josh
• My Name is America,The Journal of Ben Uchida by Barry Denenberg (children's novel-4th grade + up)
  This story takes place during World War II when the U.S. was at war with Japan. Ben Uchida was 12 years old in 1942 and his sister Naomi was 14. His sister and his mom and dad were born in Japan. Ben was born in the U.S. Anyone of Japanese ancestry had to go to an internment camp. Before the family left their home to go to Mirror Lake Internment Camp, Ben's father was taken from them. The camp is a jail camp where the U.S. government put people like Ben.My favorite part is how Ben survived the camp. Reviewed by Brendan
• Yoshi's Feast by Kimiko Kajikawa (picture book)
  Once in a city of Yedo there lived Yoshi, a fan maker and Sabu, an eel boiler. Everyone liked the smell of eels but no one wanted to buy them.Yoshi didn�t want to buy any eels because he liked the sound of his change jar. All of Yoshi�s meals were the scent of Sabu�s broiled eels. Yoshi and Sabu got mad at each other. Yoshi knew a way to make things better. Do you want to find out? Read this book Yoshi�s Feast by Kimiko Kajikawa. We liked this book because it was very interesting.( for kg. through 3rd graders) By Allison and Moriah

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The following books are for adults:

• Culture Shock Japan by Rex Shelley (an excellent introduction to visiting Japan)
• Japan, A Living Portrait foreword by Mike Mansfield (beautiful photographic compilation with essays)

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