Rafe Martin, Author, Junko Morimoto, Author, Manuela Soares, Author Rizzoli International Publications $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8478-1853-2
This thought-provoking collection, designed ``for the tender heart that children and adults naturally share,'' provides a window onto the contemplative nature of Buddhism. The selections offer many layers of meaning for different levels of interest.
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Junko Morimoto, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050678-5
A hunt for the mightiest groom on earth for a mouse bride has surprising but very appropriate results. Ages 2-6. (June)
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Junko Morimoto, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-054524-1
This beautifully modulated memoir about the destruction of Hiroshima in WW II was a PW Editors' Choice in 1990. Ages 3-8. (Aug.)
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Junko Morimoto, Author Viking Children's Books $13.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-83181-4
Growing up in Hiroshima during the early 1940s, Morimoto spent her days playing with friends, drawing at home and attending school. This peaceful existence came to a cruel and abrupt end on August 6, 1945, when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city
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Junko Morimoto, Author, Isao Morimoto, Translator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-517-80061-4
Imbued with a Japanese sensibility, Morimoto's artwork is a model of balance, her spare, uncluttered backdrops and clean sweep of brushwork creating a strong visual presence in this subtly humorous picture book. Ni-ou, the self-proclaimed ""strongest
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