The Cat Who Went to Heaven
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
illustrated by Lynd Ward
Age: 8+
Interests: cats, artists, animals, Japan, Buddhism, religion More
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
02 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, art, artists, Buddhism, cats, Japan, religion
The Funny Little Woman
19 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: cave, cooking, folktales, Japan, Magic
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1973
Arlene Mosel, author
Blair Lent, illustrator
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972
36 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, Japan, cooking, magic, caves
Grandfather’s Journey
12 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: family, grandparents, history, immigration, Japan, travel, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1994
Allen Say, author and illustrator
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993
29 pp
ages 5 +
Interests: history, travel, immigration, Japan, family history, grandparents
Ponyo (2009)
13 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 4+ Tags: adventure, boats, Fairy Tale, fish, Japan, Magic, nature, ocean, romance, sea creatures, spirits, storms, strong girls, weather, wizard
Rated: G
Length: 101 min.
Age: 4 and up.
Scary Factor: typhoon and tsunami, storm at sea mitigated by sight of little girl happily running on top of the waves!; entire island is submerged in huge flood, but no casualties
Intense scenes: twice Sosuke thinks his fish is dead (briefly); after floods Sosuke finds his mother’s car, eerily empty, and starts to cry, but finds her soon after
Language: mother calls the oddball wizard a “freakshow”; she also calls her husband a “Jerk!”; the wizard calls humans as a species “filthy” and “stupid” (which is justified)
Interests: ocean, sea creatures, magic, nature, spirits, boats, fish, wizards
Next: BOOK: The Little Mermaid (Hans Christian Andersen); MOVIES: My Neighbor Totoro, Finding Nemo (a little scarier), The Little Mermaid (a lot scarier)
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