- Updates: More bookstores listed – note: Yurindo in Landmark Tower, Yokohama closed Dec 2009
- Asunaro Online
- Bonjinsha specialty bookstore in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- 100 great Japanese books for children and more …
- 162 sites for free children’s eBooks online (external link)
- 50 readings on Japan
- 614 places for free eBooks online (external link)
- Airman by Eoin Colfer (Book review)
- Alternative world(s) book genre
- “Guide to International Schools in Japan” by Caroline Pover
- Bilingual guide to traditional arts published
- Book press release: “Siberia, Japan & WWI” by Edward Rasmussen
- Book reviews: “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character” by Paul Tough
- Books about “the birds and the bees”
- Books about important and influential women
- Booklist favourites
- Books for boys
- Books and booklists for puberty prep
- Books and booklists for the job-hunting college graduate
- Books on parenting and education
- Books and online readings about Education in Japan
- Character-building guides for parents (or educators) to work through with kids
- Constructive views on creativity and creative thinking from the new book “The Myths of Creativity”
- Crayon Shinchan – all you ever wanted know about the character and more
- Curl up with Japanese picturebooks
- Exploring ancient civilizations – introduction & Prehistoric ages
- Exploring ancient civilizations (1)
- Exploring ancient civilizations (2)
- Exploring ancient civilizations (3)
- Exploring ancient civilizations (4)
- Exploring ancient civilizations (5) – Rome & Greece
- Exploring Japanese Literature (bilingual)
- Find free e-books from Google
- Great Books Program
- Halloween readings
- HOJ1: Growth of towns, cities, castle towns and cities
- HOJ2: Dinosaurs, woolly mammoths and other prehistoric animals
- HOJ3: Earthscience: Earthquakes, volcanoes and other disasters
- HOJ4: Evolution, fossils and the prehistoric world (dinosaurs, mammoths & all that)
- HOJ5: Geography discovery resources: Earth Our Home
- HOJ6: Habitats & Ecosystems: deserts, wetlands, seas and oceans
- HOJ7: Nature & the Animal Kingdom
- HOJ8: Japanese Culture, Folktales and Mythology
- HOJ9: Discovery of the Americas
- HOJ10: Civilizations
- How to read Japanese fiction and not be lost in translation…
- Hyakunin Isshu – a review
- ICBA reading clubs – ICBA organization manages its book reading clubs in Japan. According to their website, there’s one French book reading club in Chiyoda-ku Fujimi, and one German book reading club in Shinagawa-ku. There is also an English book reading club for families from English speaking countries and Japanese families who came back from English speaking countries to help them keep their English.
- Interest-grabbing manga science study guides sell well
- J MAGAZINE REVIEW no. 1: MOE
- Japanese myths & modern tales for kids
- “Kan-chan no Natsu Yasumi,” or “Kan-chan’s Summer Vacation”
- Kathryn Lasky’s biography on Charles Darwin for children
- Kenchoji temple’s parent-child book reading list now in a new book
- Law reference title: The Compendium of Basic Laws of Japan, by Ted Toku Morita (JT review page)
- “Legend of the Tengu Prince” by Ledia Runnels, a synopsis
- Libraries, lending places and spaces
- Miki’s First Errand and Harry still has the magic!
- Nature guides and books | The Insect Stories of J. Henri Fabre retold by Kevin Short
- “Nihon Bijutsu Zenshu,” or “Japanese art: the complete works,”…the release of the 1st books in a massive, 20-volume series covering the entire history of Japanese art
- NY Times Review of Steve Jenkins’ “JUST A SECOND A Different Way to Look at Time”
- Our bookroom: what our kids are reading
- Payal Kapadia’s Book Reviews
- Pinterest page: A Japanese booklist for students / children
- Pinterest page: Books about Japan & Literature of Japan
- Pinterest page: Books about Japan for children (including picturebooks)
- Pinterest page: Education in Japan
- Pinterest page: WWII books (The Pacific Arena)
- Poem in Your Pocket
- Power readings
- Publisher offers ‘textbooks’ for Ghibili anime
- Readings on communism
- Recommended author: Patricia Polaco
- Recommended Reads: The Great Cake Mystery …
- Resources on the art of note-taking in Japanese education
- Reviews: Yokai Attack! and A Samurai Never Fears Death
- Romantic and historical fantasy fiction for teens
- Science books for a sense of wonder
- Shogun’s Ghost: The Dark Side of Japanese Education
- “Strong in the Rain” by Lucy Birmingham, David McNeill – a book on the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster
- Teenage boys’ books
- The Christmas Reader
- The Reading Radar is our own space where parents and educators exchange ideas on riveting reads or readalouds for kids and what works to get kids “hooked” on reading!
- ‘Young Samurai — The Way of the Warrior’ – Review
External book reviews:
- Joy Hakim’s The History of Science Teacher’s and Student’s Quest Guide Review “Joy Hakim’s History of Science is a series of well-written books that follows the story of science throughout history. Although the books by themselves are an excellent read, the Teacher’s and Student’s Quest Guides combine with the books to make a complete science program. The Teacher’s Quest Guide is the meat of the program chock full of information, helps, and lesson plans to teach the science concepts introduced in The History of Science book.”
- Harvard classics vs. Great Books of the Western World see also the Great Books Foundation store’s titles and the Great Books’ 50th Anniversary series provides a diverse collection of poetry, fiction, plays, and essays that challenge individual readers and book groups to focus on a theme of universal importance. The 50th Anniversary Series are also available at the Amazon store. The ideal one for introducing to the homeschool teen I think would be the Introduction to Great Books 1 -5 series:”The Introduction to Great Books anthologies include shorter selections from Western classics as well as some short modern fiction. These readings are ideal for a new book group that wants to focus on classic readings or for introducing great literature to younger readers. Also available are Leader’s Guides for each volume. In all Introduction to Great Books series, fiction selections are presented in their entirety; most nonfiction selections are taken from larger works.” Do not pass up to also get the British anthology which is a fantastic anthology. Note: Great Books K12program is now available online to Homeschoolers through the Connections Academy
- NY Times parenting book review on how to raise a child (see permanent link here).
- Thinking in Pictures. By Temple Grandin, the author of six books, including the national bestsellers Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation. Dr. Grandin is a past member of the board of directors of the Autism Society of America. She lectures to parents and teachers throughout the U.S. on her experiences with autism, and her work has been covered in the New York Times, People, National Public Radio, and 20/20. Most recently she was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year. The HBO movie based on her life, starring Claire Danes, received seven Emmy Awards.
- The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College By Jacques Steinberg
Given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at Wesleyan University, Mr. Steinberg accompanied an admissions officer for nearly a year as he recruited the nation’s most promising students. “The Gatekeepers” follows a diverse group competing for places in elite colleges. Read the review by the Examiner
See also Where to procure books in Japan