Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll : the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village
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Author
Seki, Sunny, 1947-
Published
Tokyo, Japan ; Tuttle Pub., [2012].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Status
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Main Library - Children's Foreign Language
Fiction Seki, S
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Oliver La Farge - Children's Foreign Language
Fiction Seki, S
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Southside - Children's Foreign Language
Fiction Seki, S
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Published
Tokyo, Japan ; Tuttle Pub., [2012].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Lexile measure
690

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Description
After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience.
Target Audience
690L,Lexile
Language
Parallel text in English and Japanese.

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LC Subjects
Fiction.
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
Blind -- Fiction.
Blind people -- Fiction.
Bodhidharma dolls -- Fiction.
Buddhist monasteries -- Fiction.
Dolls -- Fiction.
Dolls -- Fiction.
Japan -- History -- 0-1868 -- Fiction.
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Fiction.
Monasteries -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
People with disabilities -- Fiction.
People with disabilities -- Fiction.