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Forest Friends Series, Book 3
By Kyoko Hara & Kazue Takahashi
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Kuma-Kuma Chan Series, book 3
by Kazue Takahashi
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Kuma-Kuma Chan Series, Book 2
By Kazue Takahashi
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Kuma-Kuma Chan Series, Book 1
By Kazue Takahashi
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Fiction
By Ted Takashima
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A whimsical story about an unusualfriendship, and one girl’s discovery of thejoy that letter writing can bring. While spending a vacation with her grandparents, Mayu, a Japanese first-grader, finds a mysterious mailbox in the forest near their house. She writes a letter and leaves it in the box. The next day she is surprised to find a letter addressed to ... Read More »

Written by Kyoko Hara
Illustrated by Kazue Takahashi
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Author Ted Takashima talks about what inspired him to write “The Gene of Life,” and about who were the models for his characters —the smart, brave, talented, and beautiful Katya and the genius scientist with a secret, Max. Chapter 2 Katya listened as she robotically brought spaghetti to her mouth. Occasionally, she drank from her glass of Coke with an ... Read More »