The Big Bath House
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A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a bath house with her grandmother and aunties NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library - NPR - Publishers Weekly - Horn Book - The American Library Association - ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project - A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST PICTURE BOOK OF THE CENTURY You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive... / At the bath house / The big bath house. In this celebration of Japanese culture and family and naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, join a little girl--along with her aunties and grandmother--at a traditional bath house. Once there, the rituals leading up to the baths begin: hair washing, back scrubbing, and, finally, the wood barrel drumroll. Until, at last, it's time, and they ease their bodies--their creased bodies, newly sprouting bodies, saggy, jiggly bodies--into the bath. Ahhhhhh With a lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations, this picture book is based on Kyo Maclear's loving memories of childhood visits to Japan, and is an ode to the ties that bind generations of women together.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0593181956
ISBN13:9780593181959
Release Date:November 2021
Publisher:Random House Studio
Length:40 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 10.1" x 10.1"
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3
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