Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (English) Paperb

Description: Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Chichiro Iwasaki This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi-who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.In real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japans most popular television personalities-Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and its headmaster.The charm of this account has won the hearts of millions of people of all ages and made this book a runaway bestseller in Japan, with sales hitting the 4.5 million mark in its first year. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi--who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.In real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japans most popular television personalities--Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and its headmaster.The charm of this account has won the hearts of millions of people of all ages and made this book a runaway bestseller in Japan, with sales hitting the 4.5 million mark in its first year. Author Biography TETSUKO KUROYANAGI, daughter of the celebrated violinist, was voted Japans most popular television personality fourteen times. She studied to become an opera singer but then became an actress instead, winning a prestigious award for her work in radio and television. She spent 1972 in New York studying acting, and was critically acclaimed in Japan for her leading role in works by Albee and Shaffer and in Melchior Lengyels "Ninotchka." Her daily television talk show, "Tetsukos Room," is still going strong after more than twenty years. Japans first such program, it was recently awarded televisions highest prize. This and the other shows on which she regularly appears all enjoy top viewer ratings.Devoted to welfare and conservation, Kuroyanagi is Asias first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (see Totto-chans Children and serves on the board of the Worldwide Fund for Nature. The Totto Foundation-financed with her book royalties-provides professional training to deaf actors, with whom Kuroyanagi often appears. Kuroyanagi has twice brought Americas National Theater of the Deaf to Japan, acting with them in sign language. She is the author of ten books.Translator DOROTHY BRITTON, author, poet, and composer, was born in Japan and educated in the United States and England. A pupil of Darius Milhaud, she is well known for her popular Capitol Records album "Japanese Sketches," in which Tetsuko Kuroyanagis father is violin soloist. Her distinguished translation of Bashos Narrow Road to a Far Province is a classic. She is author of The Japanese Crane- Bird of Happiness and co-author of National Parks of Japan. Her most recent work includes a translation of Princess Chichibus autobiography, The Silver Drum and Kuroyanagis Totto-chans Children. Review "[Totto-chan] is a quiet indictment of sterile education." —New York Times"Sensitively written, delicately illustrated, poetically translated, Totto-chan is, like a haiku, filled with aesthetic and philosophical depth." —Library Journal"[Totto-chan] has reminded millions of Japanese what children think education should be." —International Herald Tribune"Totto-chan can be expected to attract American educators, parents, and perhaps some children who appreciate the international view beyond their own first-floor window." —Christian Science Monitor Review Quote "[Totto-chan] is a quiet indictment of sterile education."New York Times "Sensitively written, delicately illustrated, poetically translated,Totto-chanis, like a haiku, filled with aesthetic and philosophical depth."Library Journal "[Totto-chan] has reminded millions of Japanese what children think education should be."International Herald Tribune "Totto-chancan be expected to attract American educators, parents, and perhaps some children who appreciate the international view beyond their own first-floor window."Christian Science Monitor Details ISBN1568363915 Author Chichiro Iwasaki Short Title TOTTO-CHAN Language English ISBN-10 1568363915 ISBN-13 9781568363912 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Translator Dorothy Britton Pages 232 Year 2012 Imprint Kodansha America, Inc Country of Publication United States Replaces 9784770020673 Subtitle The Little Girl at the Window UK Release Date 2012-03-23 AU Release Date 2012-03-23 NZ Release Date 2012-03-23 US Release Date 2012-03-23 Publisher Kodansha America, Inc Illustrator Chichiro Iwasaki Publication Date 2012-03-23 Audience General Illustrations 1 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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