Boy's Day 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. Book Description from Back Cover About the Author and Illustrator ORDER -- Item #3598, Price $12.95 Request More Information Go to Browsing Page Book Description from Back Cover 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. Back to the Top 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. -~- 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. Back to the Top

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