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Totto-Chan

Totto-Chan

The Little Girl at the Window
Biography & MemoirChildren's Books
Pages
232
Published
1984
Language
English

Synopsis

Totto-Chan is the story of a spirited young girl's unconventional elementary school experience. When she's expelled from her first school for being too disruptive, her mother enrolls her in Tomoe Gakuen, a unique school run by the kind and understanding headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi. At Tomoe, Totto-chan discovers a world where learning is an adventure and individuality is celebrated.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

HeartwarmingInspiringWhimsicalLighthearted
Coming of AgeMentor FigureFish Out of Water

Genres

Biography & Memoir Children's Books Education Biography

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...