Girl's Day In Hawai'i with Yuki-chan
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Girl's Day In Hawai'i with Yuki-chan By Tokie Ikeda Ching Illustrated by Sets Arai 2007, 40 pages, Hardback. Book Description from Back Cover About the Author and Illustrator ORDER -- Item #3599, Price $14.95 Request More Information Go to Browsing Page Book Description from Back Cover Join Yuki-chan and her adopted family as they prepare to celebrate Girl's Day. Even though Yuki is originally from Japan, this is her first real introduction to all the customs - from placing the dolls on seven steps, to preparing small tea cakes and sweets for the dolls and her friends. Dressed in brightly decorated kimonos, Yuki-chan and her friends gather with their dolls to celebrate this festival of peach blossoms. 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 and they have one adopted daughter from Japan, five children, and four grandsons. Her first children's book is titled A Hawai'i Japanese New Year with Yuki-chan. -~- Born and raised in Osaka, Japan. Sets Arai came to Hawaii 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. Back to the Top

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