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Totto-chan, la petite fille à la fenêtre

Totto-chan, la petite fille à la fenêtre

Children's BooksEducation
Pages
358
Published
1991
Language
Japanese

Synopsis

Totto-chan, a lively and curious girl, finds herself expelled from public school for her unconventional behavior. Her new school, Tomoe Gakuen, is unlike any other, with train cars as classrooms and a headmaster who encourages individuality and freedom. This heartwarming memoir follows Totto-chan's joyful and transformative experiences in a school that celebrates every child's unique spirit.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

HeartwarmingWhimsicalInspiring
Coming of AgeFish Out of Water

Genres

Children's Books Education Memoir

About the author

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tokyo-born Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, voted Japan's most popular TV personality for five years running, studied opera singing at Tokyo College of Music but became an actress, soon winning a prestigious award for her radio and TV work. She spent 1972 in New York, studying acting and writing From New York with Love. She hosted "Tetsuko's Room," Japan's first daily TV talk show, which was awarded the highest TV prize. Devoted to welfare, she brought America's National Theater of the Deaf to Japan, ac...