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Umbrella

Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she recevied on her third birthday.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Yashima, Taro, 1908-
Other Authors:	Robinson, Larry, 1929- (Narrator)
Format:	Kits Kit Books Print Book Kit Audiobooks Kit
Language:	English
Published:	[Somers, N.Y.] : [S.l.] : Live Oak Media ; Viking Penguin, p1979.
Subjects:	Umbrellas and parasoles > Juvenile fiction. Rain and rainfall > Juvenile fiction. Kits > Juvenile.
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Summary:	Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she recevied on her third birthday.
Item Description:	Track 1: 9:20: narration with page turn signals ; track 2: 9:10: narration with no page turn signal . Accompanied by the book of the same title: Umbrella by Taro Yashima. New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, c1986 (renewed copyright). Cover: A Caldecott Honor Book, Picture Puffins.
Physical Description:	1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (30 p. : col. ill. ; 18 x 24 cm.)
Format:	Compact disc.
Audience:	Ages 3-8.
ISBN:	0140502408 9780140502404
Author Notes:	Taro Yashima was the pseudonym of Atsushi Iwamatsu, a Japanese artist who lived in the United Staes during World War II. Iwamatsu was born September 21, 1908, in Nejima, Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, and raised on the southern coast of Kyushu. His father was a country doctor who collected oriental art and encouraged his son to persue a career in art. After studying for three years at the Imperial Art Academy in Tokyo, Iwamatsu became a successful illustrator and cartoonist. At one point both he and his wife, Tomoe, went to jail for his opposition to the militaristic government. In 1939, they went to the United States to study art, leaving behind their son, Mako. After Pearl Harbor, Iwamatsu joined the US Army and went to work as an artist for the Office of Strategic Services. It was then that he first used the pseudonym Taro Yashima out of fear there would be repercussions for Mako and other family members if the Japanese government knew of his employment. He died in 1994.