A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school. -- Saturday Review.
Pictures and text of moving and harmonious simplicity.
A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school.
Isobe arrives, the teacher sees things in Chibi that no one else has ever noticed...
But when Mr.
Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone -- alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a forlorn little tag-along.
Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse.
Winner of a Caldecott Honor A shy Japanese boy having difficulty adjusting to school is misjudged by his classmates.
Full-color illustrations.
Caldecott Honor Book.
Pictures and text of moving and harmonious simplicity.--Saturday Review.
A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school
