Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window: The Little Girl at the Window

by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Chichiro Iwasaki (Illustrator), Chihiro Iwasaki (Illustrator), and Dorothy Britton (Translator)

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This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi-who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity. In real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japan's most popular television personalities-Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and
  • ISBN10 1568363915
  • ISBN13 9781568363912
  • Publish Date 23 March 2012 (first published 29 August 2000)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Kodansha America, Inc