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The big bath house / by Kyo Maclear ; illustrated by Gracey Zhang.
A young girl arrives in Japan and gets ready to go to the bath house with her grandmother, aunts, and cousins.
Record details
- ISBN: 0593181956
- ISBN: 9780593181959
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 4 to 8. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.99 |
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| Subject: | Bathhouses > Juvenile fiction. Families > Juvenile fiction. Racially mixed people > Juvenile fiction. Japan > Juvenile fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | GRO JP Macle | 31681020181566 | PICTURE | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In this celebration of Japanese culture, family and body positivity, a little girl, her grandmother and aunties visit a traditional bath house where they partake in the rituals that lead up to the bath itself. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. - Random House, Inc.
A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a bath house with her grandmother and aunties
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library ⢠NPR ⢠Publishers Weekly ⢠Horn Book ⢠The American Library Association ⢠ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project ⢠A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST PICTURE BOOK OF THE CENTURY
You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive... / At the bath house / The big bath house.
In this celebration of Japanese culture and family and naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, join a little girl--along with her aunties and grandmother--at a traditional bath house. Once there, the rituals leading up to the baths begin: hair washing, back scrubbing, and, finally, the wood barrel drumroll. Until, at last, it's time, and they ease their bodies--their creased bodies, newly sprouting bodies, saggy, jiggly bodies--into the bath. Ahhhhhh!
With a lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations, this picture book is based on Kyo Maclear's loving memories of childhood visits to Japan, and is an ode to the ties that bind generations of women together.
