Description
**2012 Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award Winner!**
Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll, a gorgeous multicultural children’s book by creator/illustrator Sunny Seki, takes readers on a journey into ancient Japan and the story at the back of the famous Daruma Doll.
Yuko-chan, an adventurous blind orphan, is in a position to do amazing things. She confronts a burglar at nighttime and crosses treacherous mountain passes to deliver food to hungry people. Throughout her travels, Yuko-chan trips and tumbles down a snowy cliff. She discovers a atypical thing as she waits for lend a hand: her tea gourd, irrespective of how she drops it, all the time lands right-side-up. The tea has frozen in the bottom of the gourd! Inspired by this, she creates the famous Daruma doll toy, which rights itself when tipped—a true symbol of resilience.
Thanks to Yuko-chan’s invention, the villagers may be able to earn a living and feed themselves by selling the dolls. Yuko-chan never gave up, no matter the obstacles she faced, and the Daruma doll is a charming reminder of the power of perseverance.
With text in English and Japanese, this book is of special interest to bicultural families.