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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Children’s Fiction, Children's, and Poetry.
Wabi Sabi, a little cat in Kyoto, Japan, had never thought much about her name until friends visiting from another land asked her owner what it meant. At last, the master Says, "That's hard to explain." And That is all she says.This unsatisfying answer sets Wabi Sabi on a journey to uncover the meaning of her name, and on the way discovers what wab...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Children’s Fiction, Children's, and Poetry.
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Simon Smith
“An oldie but a blummin’ goodie “Wabi Sabi” by Marc Reirstein and Ed Young is just sublime. The journey of a cat searching for the meaning of its name is beautiful and philosophical. The collage art is astounding. An utterly wonderful book #Picturebookpage”
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Consider Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Recommended by 11 sources.
“Begins close to Sunja’s life and then stretches across generations to track a Korean family living in Japan, alternating intimate domestic scenes with broader historical pressures. Its useful part is the sustained emotional accumulation: small acts of endurance and sacrifice pile up into a textured portrait of belonging, exile, and family duty. Its main limitation is scope and pacing—repeated setbacks and many named characters can feel relentless, and long historical stretches slow the momentum for readers who want tighter plotting.”
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