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When cherry blossoms fall

A young girl's great-grandmother tells her about the Japanese concept mono-no-aware, the feeling of beauty and sadness, and she comes to understand it after the passing of her great-grandmother and the brief blooming of a cherry tree.

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Main Author: Goldsaito, Katrina (Author)
Other Authors: Imamura, Yas (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2026.
Edition:First edition.
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Great-grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Grief > Juvenile fiction.
Cherry > Juvenile fiction.
Trees > Juvenile fiction.
Japan > Juvenile fiction.
Cherries > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:A young girl's great-grandmother tells her about the Japanese concept mono-no-aware, the feeling of beauty and sadness, and she comes to understand it after the passing of her great-grandmother and the brief blooming of a cherry tree.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Audience:Ages 4-8.
ISBN:9780316281126
0316281123
Author Notes:Katrina Goldsaito finds mono no aware in the ever changing sky above the fields of western Massachusetts and in her ever changing children. She is the author of the award winning The Sound of Silence , translated into seven languages, and named a Book of the Year by NPR and many others. ReachYou , her AR collaboration with Jonah Goldsaito, connects participants with their grief­--mundane or profound --and premiered at the Tribeca Festival. She invites you to connect with her at katrina.goldsaito.com.



Yas Imamura is the acclaimed artist of picture books such as Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda Hall, Winged Wonders by Meeg Pincus, and The Very Oldest Pear Tree by Nancy I. Sanders. She currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon. She invites you to connect with her at yasimamura.com.

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