books
Namida
the Tears of a Princess
co-author Victor Scatolin
illustrations Janaina Tokitaka
112 pages
Highly recommended reading (FNLIJ)
Selected for public libraries purchase
14,000 copies sold
Selected for the Minha Biblioteca program (São Paulo SME)
Namida mixes tale and bunraku puppet theater, tradition and present, in a story within the other. The book, ideal for readings and theatrical adaptations with children and young people, celebrates the meeting of the Japanese and the Brazilian culture through the relationship between a daughter of a Japanese Brazilian couple with her grandfather and a western boy. The delicate illustrations by Janaina Tokitaka value this ouvre.
Book Review of the Brazilian National Children and Youth Book Foundation for the Bologna Children's Book Fair Catalogue