Japanese and English Nursery Rhymes - by Danielle Wright (Hardcover)

About the Book

A "Creative Child" Magazine Media of the Year Award Winner. This delightful collection of beloved Japanese nursery rhymes features songs and rhymes in both English and Japanese and includes an audio CD with recordings of all the rhymes by native Japanese speakers. Full color.

Book Synopsis

**Creative Child Magazine Media of the Year Award Winner**

"Fifteen rhymes, one per spread, celebrate the changing seasons, flora and fauna, and idyllic rural life, providing an enchanting window into a culture that cherishes its close relationship with nature...This collection holds appeal for anyone interested in the country and would be a wonderful addition to an international-themed story time." --School Library Journal

This delightful collection of beloved Japanese nursery rhymes, Japanese and English Nursery Rhymes is the perfect introduction to Japanese language and culture for young readers ages 4 to 8.

This beautifully illustrated bilingual children's book features songs and rhymes in both English and Japanese. Access to online audio is included and contain recordings of all the rhymes by native Japanese speakers. It's impossible not to sing along!

The popular Japanese songs and rhymes include:

• My Hometown
• Bubbles
• The Rabbit Dance
• The Cradle Lullaby
• And many more!

"Did You Know" notes about Japanese culture are included throughout the book, with an introduction to Japanese for parents, teachers, and librarians at the back.

All media content is accessible on the Tuttle Publishing website.

Review Quotes

"...an enchanting window into a culture that cherishes its close relationship with nature...This collection holds appeal for anyone interested in the country and would be a wonderful addition to an international-themed storytime." -- School Library Journal

"...In this colorful collection of fifteen verses, [Wright] includes an audio CD with children and parents singing along in both Japanese and English. Acraman's delightful illustrations perfectly complement the songs and bring them to life." -- The Children's Book Review

"...It comes with an audio CD which is an easy way to expose kids to the Japanese language and culture" -- PragmaticMom.com blog

"Acraman's graphics combine a polished digital aesthetic with playfully anthropomorphic characters, including three stylized birds perched on a tree and endearing rabbits wearing "hachimaki" bandannas. Accessible verses and bright, welcoming pictures should have cross-cultural appeal while aiding in language learning." -- Publishers Weekly

"The illustrations are adorable! A very useful and stylish addition to my growing collection of children's books." -- Tokyoholic blog

"The illustrations are bright, bold and clear and will certainly appeal to young children...Through music and language, children will learn about Japanese culture and the country." -- Castle View Academy blog

"The spacious format gives the art a chance to perform its magic. Pure saturated colors--honey yellows, tomato reds, and heavenly blues--are the backdrops for pictures that have the effect of woodcuts. The poems themselves showoff the charm and delicacy Wright discusses in her introduction." -- Booklist

"They include authentically childlike celebrations of rabbits dancing, carp streamers "swimming happily in the air" and falling rain..." -- Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Danielle Wright first began collecting nursery rhymes from around the world for her young son in 2005. In 2008 she created the award-winning multilingual book My Village: Rhymes from Around the World. Danielle has taught English to children in Japan and currently runs an at-home writing, public relations and editing business. She lives in New Zealand with her husband, two children, and two cats.

Helen Acraman is a New Zealand artist living in Toronto, Canada. Her whimsical graphic works reflect a passion for environmental issues, natural living, and the childlike quality that lives in everyone.