Cool Melons - Turn To Frogs!: The Life And Poems Of Issa
by Matthew Gollub
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Author: Matthew GollubIllustrator: Kazuko G. Stone
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN: 1584302410
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
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Book Review: Beautiful and touching
Summary: 5 Stars
The impressive quality of the illustrations and translations presented in this children's book makes it a cherished Haiku collector's item. What can haiku (or this book) do for our children? If the child is scientist-oriented, he/she will have fun see the world through insects' perspectives and experience the transforming power of imagination turning cool melons into frogs. If the child loves drawing, the book will enrich their interests with Eastern style paintings where Japanese character itself is a fascinating art. If the child has a writer in them, this book will share the strength of ISSA who first found comfort and hope in writing haiku after losing his mother at a very young age, had then emerged, through persistence and faith, to be the Japanese cultural icon whose name we equates with HAIKU today.
The Spring of My Life: And Selected Haiku
Summary of Cool Melons - Turn To Frogs!: The Life And Poems Of Issa
Born in 1763 on a farm in central Japan, Issa began writing haiku as a young child. Matthew Gollub has integrated the story of Issa's life and selections of his best-known work with Kazuko Stone's visual interpretations in the form of whimsical watercolors. Full color.Japanese Books
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