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Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

ISBN-13: 9781568363912

Contributor(s): Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (author), Chichiro Iwasaki (illustrated by)

Subjects: Memoirs

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books

Publication Date: 13-04-2012

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£11.00

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About the book

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

Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

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