Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
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For the film, see Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (film).
Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window (Japanese: 窓ぎわのトットちゃん, Hepburn: Madogiwa no Totto-chan) is an autobiographical memoir written by Japanese television personality and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. The book was published in 1981, and became an "instant bestseller" in Japan.[1] The book is about the values of the unconventional education that Kuroyanagi received during World War II at Tomoe Gakuen, a Tokyo elementary school founded by educator Sosaku Kobayashi.[1][2]
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Author | Tetsuko Kuroyanagi |
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Original title | Madogiwa no Totto-chan |
Translator | Dorothy Britton |
Illustrator | Chihiro Iwasaki |
Cover artist | Chihiro Iwasaki |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Children's literature, Autobiographical novel |
Publisher | Kodansha Publishers Ltd. |
Publication date | 1981 |
Published in English | 1982 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 232 |
ISBN | 978-4-7700-2067-3 [Books 1] |
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The Japanese name of the book is an expression used to describe people who have failed.[3]