Avery Udagawa
@averyudagawa.bsky.social
Kansan in Thailand, translator of Japanese children's literature, believer in #worldkidlit www.averyfischerudagawa.com
@wydobson.bsky.social lived in Tokyo until age 11 and spent summers near Obuse, where he sometimes rode in Iwasaki-san's station wagon. The Iwasakis also feature in the #picturebook The Nurse and the Baker by Mika Ichii, translated by Hart Larrabee. Legends! 3/3 ihatov.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/c...
Chelsea Buns in Nagano for #WorldKidLit Month
By Avery Fischer Udagawa, Bangkok September is #WorldKidLit Month, a time to notice if global stories are reaching kids in the form of translations. My children enjoyed one such story, and met the …
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November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
@wydobson.bsky.social lived in Tokyo until age 11 and spent summers near Obuse, where he sometimes rode in Iwasaki-san's station wagon. The Iwasakis also feature in the #picturebook The Nurse and the Baker by Mika Ichii, translated by Hart Larrabee. Legends! 3/3 ihatov.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/c...
". . . [and is already] an Audible Original, with a full cast (starring many Japanese actors) out now in English-speaking territories. It will be published in April next year by Scholastic with the title KAMIZEN: Fortress of Lost Memories." 2/3 www.audible.com/pd/The-Fortr...
The Fortress of Lost Memories
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. When his grandfather begins to lose his memories to dementia, twelve-year-old Jonty is offered the chance to explore a magical realm where forgotten memorie...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
". . . [and is already] an Audible Original, with a full cast (starring many Japanese actors) out now in English-speaking territories. It will be published in April next year by Scholastic with the title KAMIZEN: Fortress of Lost Memories." 2/3 www.audible.com/pd/The-Fortr...
OMG I can't wait to hear her episode! 😀
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
OMG I can't wait to hear her episode! 😀
"The aim of the prize is to engage and grow a new generation of readers by recognising and championing the best children’s fiction from writers around the world." 📚 £50,000 purse.
October 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"The aim of the prize is to engage and grow a new generation of readers by recognising and championing the best children’s fiction from writers around the world." 📚 £50,000 purse.
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Grew up with the Biene Maja on TV (in Austria) so would love to see this more widely known
October 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Grew up with the Biene Maja on TV (in Austria) so would love to see this more widely known