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1 Translated Children's Books from Japan Recommended for AFCC Translated Children’s Books from Japan Recommended for AFCC 2016 Library and Festival Bookstore Note: Each section below (YA, middle grade, picture book) is arranged with highly recommended titles first. Feel free to send questions to [email protected]. Young Adult Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, by Nahoko Uehashi. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0545005425. *Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner *Hans Christian Andersen Award Winning Author *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness, by Nahoko Uehashi. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0545102957. *Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Winner *Hans Christian Andersen Award Winning Author *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator Dragon Sword and Wind Child, by Noriko Ogiwara. Translated by Cathy Hirano. VIZ Media, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-1421515014. *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince, by Noriko Ogiwara. Translated by Cathy Hirano. VIZ Media, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-1421537252. *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction—An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories. Edited by Holly Thompson. Includes 10 translations from Japanese, including one from Ainu. Stone Bridge Press, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1611720068. *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Author (Thompson), Translator (Udagawa) Brave Story, by Miyuki Miyabe. Translated by Alexander O. Smith. VIZ Media, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-1421511962. *Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner 1 The Girl with the White Flag, by Tomiko Higa. Translated by Dorothy Britton. Kodansha USA, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-1568365312. Kitaro, by Shigeru Mizuki. Translated by Jocelyne Allen. Drawn and Quarterly, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-1770461109. Math Girls, by Hiroshi Yuki. Translated by Tony Gonzalez. Bento Books, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0983951315. The Secret of the Blue Glass, by Tomiko Inui. Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori. Pushkin Children’s Books, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1782690344. The Whale That Fell in Love with a Submarine, by Akiyui Nosaka. Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori. Pushkin Children’s Books, 2015. ISBN-13: 978- 1782690276. Middle Grade The Friends, by Kazumi Yumoto. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. ISBN-13: 978-0374424619. *Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner *Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator J-Boys: Kazuo’s World, Tokyo, 1965, by Shogo Oketani. Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa. Stone Bridge Press, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-1933330921. *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. Illustrated by Chihiro Iwasaki. Translated by Dorothy Britton. Kodansha USA, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1568363912. *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus (Yuko Takesako, Chihiro Museum) Night on the Galactic Railroad & Other Stories from Ihatov, by Kenji Miyazawa. Translated by Julianne Neville. One Peace Books, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1935548355. 2 Picture Books The Family of Fourteen series, written and illustrated by Kazuo Iwamura. Translated by Arthur Binard. Doshinsha, 2005. Five-book box set, ISBN-13: 978-4494041909. Must be purchased via Japan: http://amzn.to/1q0lPRQ *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Author Note: Books in this series are also sold individually. The Family of Fourteen Fix Breakfast. ISBN-13: 978-4494007813. http://amzn.to/1MRDmjJ The Family of Fourteen Grow a Pumpkin. ISBN-13: 978-4494007844. http://amzn.to/1V39lUB The Family of Fourteen Go Picnicking. ISBN-13: 978-4494007820. http://amzn.to/1PECf6K The Family of Fourteen and the Moon. ISBN-13: 978-4494007837. http://amzn.to/22ZWF3u The Family of Fourteen on the Move. ISBN-13: 978-4494007806. http://amzn.to/1LYOYGG The Bear and the Wildcat, by Kazumi Yumoto. Illustrated by Komako Sakai. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Gecko Press, 2011. ISBN 13: 978-1877467707 *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator Hannah’s Night, written and illustrated by Komako Sakai. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Gecko Press, 2013. ISBN 13: 978-1877579547. *AFCC 2016 Japan: Country of Focus Translator Once Upon a Time in Japan, by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). Translated by Roger Pulvers and Juliet Winters Carpenter. Tuttle Publishing, 2015. ISBN-13: 978-4805313596. *2015 Gelette Burgess Award Winner for Best Multicultural Book The Day I Became Your Mom, by Hideko Nagano. Translated by Arthur Binard. Doshinsha, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-4494007752. http://amzn.to/1ROoLwP Once Upon a Home Upon a Home, by Kenya Hirata. Illustrated by Kunio Kato. Translated by Arthur Binard. Hakusensha, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-4592761402. http://amzn.to/1pJjjhS 3 .
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