Wabi Sabi is an ancient Japanese tradition, having to do with simplicity and accepting the ways and cycles of nature.
This story is of a cat named Wabi Sabi who, when asked what her name means, goes on a quest to find out.
The illustrations are unique, mosaic in type, and very pleasing to the eye. There is haiku in the book, written in Japanese and English and translated in the back.
The book is also bound at the top, which makes reading it unusual and makes you look at it in another light.
Children should find that this book intriguing, introduces them to different art forms (the simple illustrations and the haiku), and makes them view life a bit differently.
This type of beauty and the message within can not be expressed in another medium as well as it it is expressed in a book.
Take your young one on a journey to another part of the world - one must simpler and more in touch with nature.
They'll enjoy it!
I'm Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie, bookworm and bookseller. I have been selling books since January of 2000. It's a homebased business and I sell online only. Here is my website: http:www.bookfaerie.com I offer free shipping stateside. It's a one woman endeavor, and I love working for myself. I have over 6,000 books online now. I do book reviews from a reader's point-of-view and try to spread the magic of reading.
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