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Holly Thompson
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Author of forthcoming LISTENING TO TREES: GEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER and THE WAKAME GATHERERS. Writer of verse novels, PBs, poetry, prose. Writing Consultant. KidLit translator (J>E). Japan longtimer. www.hatbooks.com/
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Coming soon...LISTENING TO TREES: GEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER. Pre-order now from your favorite bookshops. Words by me, illustrations by Toshiki Nakamura, written in haibun form, with pages of back matter, plus a foreword from Mira Nakashima. #ListeningToTrees#GeorgeNakashima#PictureBooks

Cover of picture book Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker, Words by Holly Thompson, Picture by Toshiki Nakamura, with an illustration of young George hiking among trees.
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Thrilled that my Zoom summer course 6 Weeks, 6 Picture Books course at grubstreet.org#picturebooks#kidlit

recently publishd picture book covers
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I'd like to be added. Thanks!

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We're just about at 1K followers on here :) Happy to see you and talk about excellent books, authors, and illustrators!

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Yay! I'm in the midst of Vol. 1. I hav all good things to say about Uehashi's The Deer King and Cathy Hirano's masterful translation.

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Happy release day to Nahoko Uehashi's The Deer King, vol. 2—Returners (trans. Cathy Hirano). I haven't read this one myself, but I've heard good things about it. And I *have* read Uehashi's The Beast Player (also trans. Hirano), which is a must-read Japanese fantasy novel.

The Deer King, Vol. 2 (Novel): Returners Volume 2 a book by Nahoko Uehashi, Masaaki Yamamoto, and Cathy Hirano
The Deer King, Vol. 2 (Novel): Returners Volume 2 a book by Nahoko Uehashi, Masaaki Yamamoto, and Cathy Hirano

Van's chase to rescue the kidnapped Yuna leads him to the Ahfal Oma, the People of the Fire Horse. They reveal that the sickness plaguing Aquafa is no random resurgence but a carefully orchestrated re...

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There shall be a #kidlitchat at 9 PM Eastern tonight, and it shall also be at 6 PM Pacific cuz we are so good at multitasking in that way. No matter what time it is for you, I hope you'll join us!

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Holly Thompson
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Author of forthcoming LISTENING TO TREES: GEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER and THE WAKAME GATHERERS. Writer of verse novels, PBs, poetry, prose. Writing Consultant. KidLit translator (J>E). Japan longtimer. www.hatbooks.com/
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