Bibliograph

Words to make a friend, a story in Japanese and English, Donna Jo Napoli ; pictures by Naoko Stoop

Type

Label

Words to make a friend, a story in Japanese and English, Donna Jo Napoli ; pictures by Naoko Stoop

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Words to make a friend

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1284998424

Responsibility statement

Donna Jo Napoli ; pictures by Naoko Stoop

Sub title

a story in Japanese and English

Summary

A clever and innovative bilingual English/Japanese picture book about a Japanese girl and an American girl who prove you don't need to speak the same language to understand each other.When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese. How will these two girls have any fun at all? As it turns out, it's not that hard when both girls are looking for a friend! What starts with a simple "hello" and "konnichiwa" becomes a day filled with fun in the snow. Each girl's love of play, snow, and making a new friend transcends the need to speak the same language, and by using simple words in their own languages, along with a bit of charades, the girls find they have all they need to build a snow creature. An important book to show children that speaking the same language isn't a prerequisite to making a new friend

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor