#WorldKidLit Month: History at a Child’s Scale—Three Japanese Middle-Grade Books on War and Memory

Posted on by Avery Fischer Udagawa

Today’s post comes to you from Ecre Karadag: The scope and impact of the Second World War can seem overwhelmingly large when encountered through dates and casualty figures, but children’s literature can bring that history closer through the ordinary details a child can understand: a school day, a paper lantern or even a glass of … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month: History at a Child’s Scale—Three Japanese Middle-Grade Books on War and Memory

Strong Women, Soft Power — by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Posted on by David Jacobson

May GLLI Blog Series:  Japan in Translation, No. 24 Photo courtesy of Jonathan Armstrong, for the Documentist Photography   In 2016, I and my colleagues Allison Markin Powell and Lucy North realized we would all be attending the London Book Fair. We decided to take advantage of this to organize a reading at the Society … Continue reading Strong Women, Soft Power — by Ginny Tapley Takemori