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Natsumi's song of summer

"This sweet and gentle picture book celebrates summer in Japan, as one little girl shares her love for insects with her cousin who is visiting from America."--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weston, Robert Paul (Author)
Other Authors:	Saburi, Misa (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, 2020.
Subjects:	Summer > Juvenile fiction. Cousins > Juvenile fiction. Cicadas > Juvenile fiction. Japan > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	"This sweet and gentle picture book celebrates summer in Japan, as one little girl shares her love for insects with her cousin who is visiting from America."--
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustratons ; 26 cm Issued also in electronic format.
ISBN:	9780735265417 0735265410
Author Notes:	ROBERT PAUL WESTON was born in Dover, England, but did most of his growing up in the small town of Georgetown, Ontario. Since then, he's also spent time living in the US, Japan, Switzerland and the UK. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and has been nominated for the Journey Prize and the Fountain Award for Speculative Fiction. He has written several novels for young readers, including Zorgamazoo , Dust City and Blues for Zoey , and Sakura's Cherry Blossoms . Natsumi's Song of Summer is his second picture book. He currently lives in London, England. MISA SABURI was born in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and raised in Tokyo, Japan, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the illustrator of a series of board books -- Rapunzel , Snow White and Cinderella -- as well as Bearnard's Book and Monster Trucks . As well, she is the illustrator of Sakura's Cherry Blossoms .