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The sound of silence

Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma.

Main Author: Goldsaito, Katrina.
Other Authors: Kuo, Julia (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Sound > Juvenile fiction.
Silence > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
Tokyo (Japan) > Juvenile fiction.
Japan > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN: 9780316203371 (hardcover)
0316203378 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Katrina Goldsaito (Author) Katrina Goldsaito's favorite sound is the sound of bare feet on tatami mats. In Tokyo, she worked as an on-camera TV journalist and producer for NHK-World, and has written for National Geographic, The Christian Science Monitor , NPR, and The Japan Times . She lives near Golden Gate Park with her husband and son, and spends her days eating avocados and working on her first YA novel. Julia Kuo (Illustrator) Julia Kuo's favorite sound is kuk-kuk-kuk (the sound an angry squirrel makes). She is the illustrator of Go, Little Green Truck and has created illustrations for American Greetings, the Cleveland Public Library, The New York Times , and Capitol Records, among many others. She works from Chicago for most of the year, and from Taipei over the winter.

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