Sun and Steel
by Yukio Mishima | 
A Daughter of the Samurai
by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto | 
Autobiography of a Geisha
by Sayo Masuda | 
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams
by Lady Sarashina | 
Learning to Bow
by Bruce Feiler |
The Diary of Lady Murasaki
by Murasaki Shikibu |
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
by Sei Shonagon | 
Pranklopedia
by Julie Winterbottom |
The Big Book of Girl Stuff
by Bart King | 
Pompeii
by Mary Pope Osborne |
14 Cows for America
by Carmen Agra Deedy | 
Michael Rosen's Sad Book
by Michael Rosen | 
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
by Traci Sorell |
Shades of People
by Shelley Rotner | 
Z is for Zamboni
by Matt Napier | 
Ashanti to Zulu
by Margaret Musgrove |
If I Ran For President
by Catherine Stier | 
Apples for Everyone
by Jill Esbaum | 
What Do Authors Do?
by Eileen Christelow |
Plants Feed Me
by Lizzy Rockwell |
This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man--its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi--who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.