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- Book Synopsis
- *Bank Street Best Book of the Year * Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book of the Year * CCBC Choices Title * Oregon Spirit Book Award HonorAuthor Waka T. Brown and artist Yuko Jones join forces for this picture book about a young girl who learns to appreciate life's imperfections when her grandmother teachers her about the Japanese art form kintsugi.Miki Amelia Masuda liked everything in her life to be perfect. Her room was immaculately clean. She only ate round cookies, not the broken ones. And if a stuffed animal had a tear in it, she couldn't bear to look at it. So when she accidentally drops and breaks her favorite teacup, she's devastated. How can a broken teacup ever be perfect again?Days later, Miki's grandmother, Obaachan, presents Miki with the fixed teacup. But it's not perfect! Each crack is highlighted by a gold streak of paint-almost as if to show off the imperfections!What follows is one girl's journey to understanding that life isn't always perfect. Through the art of kintsugi, Waka and Yuko show readers-and Miki-that rips, cracks, and tears have their own stories to tell, ones that are meaningful in their own way.
- About The Author
- Waka T. Brown was the first American born in her family. She is a Stanford graduate with a master's degree in secondary education. She's currently an instructor at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), authoring curriculum on several international topics and winning the Association for Asian Studies' national Franklin R. Buchanan Prize. She's also been awarded the United States-Japan Foundation and EngageAsia's national 2019 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award for her groundbreaking endeavors in teaching about US-Japan relations to high school students in Japan and promoting cultural exchange awareness. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780063280229
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Quill Tree Books, (21 November 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 40
- Weight
- 444.53 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 279 x 229 x 13 mm
- Categories:
- Children's Fiction Children and Teenage: Contemporary Fiction General Interests and Hobbies Children and Teenage: Art and Artists Children and Teenage: Places and peoples Personal and Social Topics Children and Teenage: Diversity, equality and inclusion Children and Teenage: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours Children and Teenage: Families and family members Children and Teenage: New Experiences and Growing Up Children and Teenage: Self-awareness and self-esteem