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BPL Find Your Voice 2023
Let it Snow (WPL-Youth)
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
Let it Snow (WPL-Youth)
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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"When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese. But each girl's love of the snow teaches them that they don't need to speak the same language to have fun!"--
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"Take a peek into the lives of sumo wrestlers in this adorable counting book! Simple, charming scenes within the sumo stable let young readers practice numbers from one to ten, fifty, and one hundred, while they learn how sumo wrestlers do chores, practice, sleep, bathe, and eat together. Each page features a Japanese word related to sumo culture, as well as the number in English and Japanese."--Amazon.
"Learning about numbers and Japanese culture...
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"Perfect for early learning, this fun board book in the Little Sumo series, from the creator of the Little Kunoichi series, features sumo wrestlers that introduce children to the concept of opposites, and shares elements of Japanese culture that will enrich readers of all ages."--Amazon.
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Emily, Nico and Teo are sitting on the grass after school, minding their own business, when--unbelievable!--a giant talking fox dressed in a kimono appears. Explaining that he knows magic, speaks 3,000 languages and is respected as a sensei (master), he wonders if the three kids are ready to learn Japanese from him.
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In early-1900s Japan, Misuzu Kaneko grew from a precocious bookworm to an instantly-beloved children's poet, but her life ended prematurely and her work was largely forgotten. Decades later, her poems were rediscovered just in time to touch a new generation devastated by the tsunami of 2011. This volume includes a biography of Kaneko followed by a selection of her poems in both English and the original Japanese.
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"Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with Japanese and English language versions appearing on facing pages. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, vocabulary lists, and grammar points along with a set of discussion questions and exercises"--Amazon.com.
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Pictures labeled in English and Japanese are grouped in such familiar categories as Our House and Colors. Created by leading educators, these colorful, large size dictionaries introduce beginning language learners to more than 1,550 commonly taught basic words. Each Let's Learn Language Picture Dictionary in the series boasts 30 delightful two-page spreads that vividly illustrate the meanings of words. Fun filled panoramas focus on scenes familiar...
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When the man-eating giants called Titans first appeared, humans retreated behind massive walls. After a hundred years of safety, a colossal-sized Titan smashes through the defenses unleashing a flood of giants and carnage in the streets. Eren Jaeger watches helplessly as one of the creatures devours his mother. He vows to kill every Titan walking the Earth. He may be humanity's last hope against extinction.
13) Japan
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"Float through the cherry blossoms, snack at the market and watch the stars twinkle following a day in Japan. With text and artwork developed especially for babies, author Emily Satako Seo and illustrator Aunyarat Watanabe draw on personal experience of life in Japan to create this appealing board book for young readers."--
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"Reiji Oozoro is a completely lazy bum. He's the 'tardy companion' at school, a terrible student and he gives up on everything. Unable to bear seeing her childhood friend waste away his youth, Maiko Yukino introduces Reiji to a virtual-reality game called 'Dragon Drive, ' a fighting game in which players are partnered wtih dragons and then fight each other in a virtual-reality city. Will Reiji's underachieving personality and less than spectacular...
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"Using a clear, step-by-step approach, Japanese Step by Step teaches you how to construct Japanese sentences from the simplest to the most complex. Innovative features make this method the easiest and most effective way to learn to speak and read formal Japanese -- the Japanese spoken by educated adults both socially and professionally." --
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