Tag: Japan

Shadow Warrior by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

What’s cooler than girl ninjas? An actual historical female ninja and her cohort of female spies…. Shadow Warrior by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Celia Krampien (Annick Press) covers the historical (and possibly mythical) basis for stories about a…

Abandoned Children Nobody Knows

In 2004 the Japanese filmmaker Hirozaku Kore-eda released Nobody Knows, a feature film based on the story of five children in Tokyo, abandoned by their mother and forced to fend for themselves. The film gained widespread attention for its depiction…