Japanese

Colors of Japan $7.50

What color is Japan? It's pink like cherry blossoms and green like tea. Children will explore the volcanoes of the Ring of Fire and learn about traditional tatami mats. Along the way, they will be introduced to ten colors in...

Count Your Way through Japan $8.95

For the numbers one to ten, the Japanese language offers two sets of numbers. In Count Your Way through Japan, Jim Haskins uses the set based on Chinese numbers to count such aspects of Japanese life as Japan's one Mount...

Japanese Celebrations: Cherry Blossoms, Lanterns and Stars! $21.95

The people of Japan love to celebrate! In fact, they love it so much they have a day of celebration, whether it's a change in season, a religious observance, or just a special moment in life, every month of the year...

Japanese Children's Favorite Stories $25.95

Singing turtles, flying farmers and a dragon who cries--these are just some of the magical characters you'll meet in this delightful collection of children's stories. This beautifully illustrated book follows our classic and...

Japanese Folktales for Language Learners ( Japanese-English) $26.95

Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning to intermediate learners. This book can...

Japanese Myths, Legends & Folktales (Japanese-English) $24.95

Beautifully illustrated and presented in both English and Japanese, are 12 of the best Japanese folktales—shared with generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales engage your imagination as...

Japanese Stories for Language Learners (Japanese-English) $24.95

Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japanese language versions appearing on facing pages. Taking learners on an exciting...

Japanese: A Language Map (Japanese-English) $13.95

Practical, reliable and convenient! Japanese a language map is the must-have language guide for anyone traveling to Japan.This Language Map gives you essential words and phrases at a glance. Each Language Map provides...

Jingu: The Hidden Princess $20.95

To young Princess Jingu, the Japanese Imperial Palace in the 4th century is full of secrets. Why is she not allowed any visitors or friends when other children run and play together? Why is she the only princess with a...

Little Inchkin $12.95

A re-telling of a Japanese folk tale, with paintings inspired by 19th-century Japanese prints. Hana and Tanjo long for a child. Buddha listens to their prayers - but the baby grows no bigger than a lotus blossom.

Little One-Inch And Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories $14.95

Ten favorite stories from Japan can be found in Little One-Inch and Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, including the wonderful title story that follows Little One-Inch on his exciting adventures. Also included are...

Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat $24.95

In a small Japanese village, a poor monk and his cat Tama live a simple life at the Kotoku Monastery. One day, a great storm passes through the village, and Tama is caught in the rain outside the temple. She waits under the...

My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book of Japanese Language and Culture (Japanese-English) $14.95

The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Japanese language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children to learn. The goals of My First Book of Japanese Words are multiple: to...

Pocket Japanese Dictionary (Japanese-English) $9.50

This handy, convenient volume is the ideal dictionary for beginning students and travelers. Featuring the essential vocabulary appropriate to beginning and lower intermediate students, the Pocket Japanese Dictionary covers...

Tasty Baby Belly Buttons $22.00

According to legend, Japanese villagers once lived in fear of great hulking ogres called Onis who considered babies'' belly buttons the tastiest of all treats. When they raided a village it was the babies they stole. In a...

The Last Kappa of Old Japan: A Magical Journey of Two Friends (Japanese-English) $17.95

The Last Kappa of Old Japan is a warmly written and beautifully illustrated bilingual Japanese children's book that introduces many aspects of traditional Japanese culture and folklore, while teaching an important lesson...

The Peach Boy $9.95

This is a new title in the fantastic "First Reading" series, part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme, based on a tale from Japanese folklore. It is aimed at children who are beginning to read. When Momotaro was found...

The Tale of the Lucky Cat (Tagalog-English) $29.95

This retelling of the most famous Japanese folktale captures positive values, love and kindness. A toymaker who cares for an injured cat ends up having his own life saved and is repaid with good fortune. This classic story...

The Wakame Gatherers $24.95

Nanami has two grandmothers: Baachan, who lives with her family in Japan, and Gram, who lives in Maine. When Gram visits Japan one spring Baachan takes her and Nanami to the seaside to gather wakame, a long, curvy seaweed...

Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll: The Adventures of a Blind Japanese Girl Who Saves Her Village (Japanese-English) $17.95

Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll, a gorgeous book by author/illustrator Sunny Seki, takes readers on a journey into ancient Japan and the story behind the famous Daruma Doll. Yuko-chan, an adventurous blind orphan, is able to...