Underwear! Writing there lived a girl who

there lived a girl who worked all day in the rice fields

Warmth and whimsy in the illustrations add a playful balance to the story’s deeper message about the love that makes a family a unit

In this remarkable book

A fun and kid-friendly introduction to Japanese

Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction

Underwear! Writing there lived a girl whoBare bear! Stop right there! Underwear! Under where? So begins the dialogue between a tired bear dad and a rambunctious bear cub who would rather play with his tighty whities than get into bed. Underwear makes great hair. It can even turn one into a superber, or a goggle wearing swimming bear. But beware of a big scare! Rhymes, homonyms, and conjunctions abound in this book that could be used to teach reading, but its primary purpose is to make