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Posted: April 29 2005 at 8:10am | IP Logged Quote Karen E.
We just finished a little rabbit trail to Japan, and I just wanted to share how much we enjoyed Odds Bodkin's retelling of The Crane Wife. My girls loved the story and the beautiful illustrations.

We also enjoyed Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela Turner. We made books about Hachiko "Japanese style" -- bound them on the right, and the girls wrote their narrations top-to-bottom, right-to-left.

Emily has also really liked Eleanor Coerr's books about Sadako, and another called Mieko and the Fifth Treasure. (If you're not familiar with them, just be aware that these books deal with the bombing of Hiroshima and the after-effects.)

We've done origami before, so I didn't incorporate that into this rabbit trail, but the girls did some on their own.

Now, we're off to Ireland, at the girls' request!

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