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In Hawai'i with Yuki-chan and Grant
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Boy's Day
In Hawai'i with Yuki-chan and Grant

By Tokie Ikeda Ching
Illustrated by Sets Arai
2008, 32 pages, Hardback.



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About the Author and Illustrator

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It's Boy's Day in Hawai'i and Grant, Yuki-chan, Mom, and Dad are getting ready for a big Boy's Day party. They prepare special foods, tell stories about brave Japanese warriors, and display colorful carp streamers on the roof of their house. Join Grant as he takes part in the Japanese Boy's Day traditions and learns to be as strong and courageous as the koi.

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Background on the Author and Illustrator

Tokie Ikeda Ching is a Sansei (3rd generation), born in Kaumana, a little town in Hilo. Both her grandparents and parents practiced, taught, and instilled the importance of Japanese traditions.

After graduating from the University of Hawai'i, Ching taught at various elementary schools in the Honolulu district for thirty-eight years.

Ching lives with her husband, Woody, in Hawai'i Kai. She has also written the children's books A Hawai'i Japanese New Year with Yuki-chan and Girl's Day in Hawai'i with Yuki-chan.

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Born and raised in Osaka, Japan. Sets Arai came to Hawai'i from Okinawa in 1963. While working at a local bank, Arai took art classes. Upon retirement, she began oil painting and currently, focuses on painting portraits, She Is also the Illustrator of Girl's Day in Hawai'i with Yuki-chan.

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