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Singing Shijimi ClamsBy Naomi KojimaIllustrated by Naomi Kojima 2006, 32 pages, Hardback. |
ORDER -- Item #3426, Price $15.95
"A witch who used to be mean but is now merely grumpy is determined to make a bowl of miso soup with clams. But her clams sleep and snore so
peacefully, she can't quite bring herself to dump them in the boiling water. Instead, she goes to the marketplace and tries to raise money
to take them back to the beach, where they belong."
Book Description From the Front Cover Flap
Take one older, not-so-wicked anymore witch, add a slightly grumpy cat, and one large bucket of singing shijimi clams, and what you do
NOT end up with, (no matter how hungry you are), is miso soup with clams. What you end up with is plain miso soup. What you end up with
is a quiet, delicately illustrated tale of another country. What you end up with is a friendship that needs determination, ingenuity, and
kindness - but no translation.
Reviews From the Media
"A feel-good episode if ever there was one."
- Kirkus Reviews
- TDMonthly.com
About the Author
Naomi Kojima is an author and illustrator of picture books. Born in Japan, she spent her childhood years in the U.S. and studied sculpture
at Rhodes College in Memphis,Tennessee. Kojima's first two picture books, Mr. and Mrs. Thief and The Flying Grandmother
were published in New York soon after she joined a SCBWI chapter in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Since then, her books have been published in
the U.S. and in Japan, and have been translated in France, Sweden, and Indonesia. Her recent picture books are, The Alphabet Picture
Book and Utau Shijimi (The Singing Clams), published by Kaisei-sha.
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