Under the Cherry Blossom Tree

Under the Cherry Blossom Tree
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 37
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ISBN-10 : 9780547346403
ISBN-13 : 0547346409
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Under the Cherry Blossom Tree by : Allen Say

Download or read book Under the Cherry Blossom Tree written by Allen Say and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005-05-31 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were eggs in every bird’s nest, the air buzzed with honeybees, and cherry trees blossomed all at once. The poor villagers forgot their cares and gathered in the meadow to sing and dance their time away. But their miserly landlord refused to be happy. Mumbling and grumbling, he sat all alone eating a bowl of cherries and glaring at the merry villagers. Then, quite by accident, he swallowed a cherry pit. The pit began to sprout, and soon the landlord was the wonder of the village—a cherry tree was growing out of the top of his head! What happened to the cherry tree and to the wicked landlord is a favorite joke in Japan. Allen Say tells the story with wit and vitality, and his beautiful drawings complement this classic Japanese tale.

Under the Cherry Blossoms

Under the Cherry Blossoms
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 122
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ISBN-10 : 1544641605
ISBN-13 : 9781544641607
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Under the Cherry Blossoms by : Christopher Kincaid

Download or read book Under the Cherry Blossoms written by Christopher Kincaid and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder. Love. Sacrifice. From stories about a willow who falls in love with a human to an old samurai who kills himself so his beloved tree can live, Japanese folklore venerates trees. Beyond the sakura, the famous cherry tree, Japanese farmers told stories about the trees that welcomed them home and supported every aspect of their lives. Trees not only support our lives by providing building materials, food, and warmth, but they also teach us how to be human.

Eliza's Cherry Trees

Eliza's Cherry Trees
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Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 1589809548
ISBN-13 : 9781589809543
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Eliza's Cherry Trees by : Andrea Zimmerman

Download or read book Eliza's Cherry Trees written by Andrea Zimmerman and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of Eliza Scidmore, a world traveler, writer, photographer, and peace advocate who, after years of persistence, planted cherry trees all across Washington, D.C.

Sakura's Cherry Blossoms

Sakura's Cherry Blossoms
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Publisher : Tundra Books
Total Pages : 43
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ISBN-10 : 9781101918753
ISBN-13 : 1101918756
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Sakura's Cherry Blossoms by : Robert Paul Weston

Download or read book Sakura's Cherry Blossoms written by Robert Paul Weston and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warm, gorgeous exploration of a little girl's experience immigrating to a new country and missing her home and her grandmother, who still lives far away. Sakura's dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. When she arrives in the States, most of all she misses her grandmother and the cherry blossom trees, under which she and her grandmother used to play and picnic. She wonders how she'll ever feel at home in this new place, with its unfamiliar language and landscape. One day, she meets her neighbor, a boy named Luke, and begins to feel a little more settled. When her grandmother becomes ill, though, her family takes a trip back to Japan. Sakura is sad when she returns to the States and once again reflects on all she misses. Luke does his best to cheer her up -- and tells her about a surprise he knows she'll love, but she'll have to wait till spring. In the meantime, Sakura and Luke's friendship blooms and finally, when spring comes, Luke takes her to see the cherry blossom trees flowering right there in her new neighborhood. Sakura's Cherry Blossoms captures the beauty of the healing power of friendship through Weston's Japanese poetry-inspired text and Saburi's breathtaking illustrations.

A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees

A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 52
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ISBN-10 : 9780141398266
ISBN-13 : 0141398264
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by : Kenko

Download or read book A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees written by Kenko and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met...' Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman's hair - these exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Yoshida Kenko (c. 1283-1352). Kenko's work is included in Penguin Classics in Essays in Idleness and Hojoki.

The Sakura Obsession

The Sakura Obsession
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9780525519904
ISBN-13 : 0525519904
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Sakura Obsession by : Naoko Abe

Download or read book The Sakura Obsession written by Naoko Abe and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, the flowering of cherry blossoms marks the beginning of spring. But if it weren’t for the pioneering work of an English eccentric, Collingwood “Cherry” Ingram, Japan’s beloved cherry blossoms could have gone extinct. Ingram first fell in love with the sakura, or cherry tree, when he visited Japan on his honeymoon in 1907 and was so taken with the plant that he brought back hundreds of cuttings with him to England. Years later, upon learning that the Great White Cherry had virtually disappeared from Japan, he buried a living cutting from his own collection in a potato and repatriated it via the Trans-Siberian Express. In the years that followed, Ingram sent more than 100 varieties of cherry tree to new homes around the globe. As much a history of the cherry blossom in Japan as it is the story of one remarkable man, The Sakura Obsession follows the flower from its significance as a symbol of the imperial court, through the dark days of the Second World War, and up to the present-day worldwide fascination with this iconic blossom.

Cherry Blossoms Say Spring

Cherry Blossoms Say Spring
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 20
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ISBN-10 : 9781426309847
ISBN-13 : 1426309848
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cherry Blossoms Say Spring by : Jill Esbaum

Download or read book Cherry Blossoms Say Spring written by Jill Esbaum and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the life cycle of a cherry tree, the history behind the gift of the Japanese cherry trees to our nation's capital, and the association of cherry trees and spring.