My Japan
Etsuko Watanabe, . . Kane/Miller, $14.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-1-933605-99-9
Including everything from diagrams for using Asian-style toilets to the contents of a kindergartener’s schoolbag, this French import presents a small-format visual dictionary of life in Japan. Densely packed spreads show seven-year-old Yumi in everyday surroundings—in her kitchen, her school, her grandparents’ house—while text and additional spot illustrations supply information about objects and terms that will be new to most readers:
Reviewed on: 01/26/2009
Genre: Children's