IWAI, Melissa

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Gigi and Ojiji: Perfect Paper Cranes

Melissa Iwai | FICTION, Mar 01, 2024

A cheery, gentle lesson on the importance of “practice makes perfect.”

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How This Book Got Red

Margaret Chiu Greanias | FICTION, Oct 27, 2023

A simple quest for inclusion unfolds for the very young, although the pun in the title deflects from the book’s true worth.

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Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought

Melissa Iwai | FICTION, Jul 01, 2023

A fine-tuned depiction of empathy and cultural identity development. Celebrating Japanese culture, this is a heartwarming family story for independent readers.

Gigi and Ojiji: What’s in a Name?

Melissa Iwai | FICTION, Nov 01, 2022

This important book will diversify collections for newly independent readers. A must buy.

Gigi crafts her Japanese American identity in this enchanting early reader. The cuteness, inclusivity, and cross-cultural problem-solving represented will have young readers coming back again and again. A must-buy.

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The Stray and the Strangers

Steven Heighton | FICTION, Oct 01, 2020

A tender and compassionate story; what this short chapter book lacks in excitement and action it makes up for in its depiction of the human (and canine) element of the world refugee crisis. Recommended for purchase in large collections.