Frog S New Shoes

Where the right bend meets the left bend, down that long-forgotten road sits the town of Tenbin Hollow and its stories to be told. Today we find Frog with a shoe bag so full that he can no longer hop, and dreadfully so....he can no longer shop! He is left stuck on his log dreaming about the must-have of spring...new sneakers in green! To his rescue comes Crocodile (of Croc's Shoes on the Isle) who helps his friend froggy dispose of his old soles and put on a new pair. The pair that goes flip--the pair that goes flop. The pair that let's him hoppity-hop!Tenbin Hollow'srhyming fables share lessons of triumph, change, balance, letting go, finding your purpose, and many more. With its brilliantly illustrated images and modern message, Frog's New Shoes makes fables hip again!"

From the author of The Geisha with the Green Eyes comes a new historical novel of triumph and transformation. In the world of a Japanese proverb, the frog who resides in a well knows nothing beyond its narrow confines. Mi's life mirrored this notion until she was struck by the devastating grip of polio, thrusting her into a world of unexpected challenges. After months of grappling with fever and pain, she emerged not as a hopeless cripple, but as a survivor with a newfound purpose. Mi's story transcends the boundaries of her well-like existence, revealing a journey of resilience and transformation. In the wake of polio's relentless assault, her world seemed smaller than ever, akin to a frog trapped in a well. Yet, a twist of fate catapulted her into a vast, unfamiliar realm—a realm that threatened to engulf her entirely. Join Mi as she takes her first tentative step on a journey that defies adversity and celebrates the indomitable spirit within. In this captivating narrative, discover how Mi's determination shines brightly, even in the darkest of times. Keywords: Japanese historical fiction, pachinko, Min Jin Lee, Musashi, Julie Otsuka, Gail Tsukiyama, Jamie Ford, James Clavell, Shogun, geisha, japanese historical fiction books, historical fiction, historical fiction best sellers, historical fiction authors, historical fiction asian, historical fiction books, historical romance, historical fiction novels, historical fiction romance series

To read a book, to go page after page through a comic, even to watch a film, very much resembles the adventure of travelling down a road. When the book has several volumes, when a multitude of secondary stories cross with the main story, the road seems to be full of adventures; because you have a long way to go, surrounded by miraculous landscapes, you have many surprising detours to make, you have to walk over bridges and viaducts. This is the situation with the present cycle, that of the “Little Frog’s Heart“, about which I am more and more convinced that it is written “for all the ages“, that is, not only for my grandchildren, but even for grandparents like myself. In this volume, the Drop of Blood we met in the first book seems to be tired and would like to get some rest. The Flea and the little Silk Worm, for a change, seem to be not just well rested, but also so curious and talkative that they do not fall silent even once over the course of three hundred pages or so. The Flea, who is older and more experienced, tells the little Worm a multitude of miraculous stories, only asking the Worm not interrupt him! As if that’s what’s going to happen! As if you can make such a minuscule, yet so lively a creature ask not just hundreds, but thousands of questions! Just like any other child, the little Worm is full of “whys“, and the Flea, despite his feigned discontent, strives to answer them all. And so we find, together with the little Worm, a multitude of things about dreams and their interpretation, about the wisdom of fleas, about what happened to the horned cattle, or about the power of memories. But, above all, the memorable story may be the more lengthy story, which crosses some of those already mentioned, about the burial of the Old Rat, former master of the Flea and his family. As in other parts of this cycle, what is completely impressive here is the way in which the mythological elements, some connected to primitive, folkloric Christianity, some connected to paganism, are introduced in this somehow “realist“ story, even if it is written in the key of the fantastic and the miraculous. For the reader, irrespective of age as I realise now, reading these volumes is surely a pleasure. For the young reader, for the very young, for those who do not read yet but are read to, this is also a sort of “book of teachings“ through which readers can explain to themselves even those things which go above the first layer of understanding. On the other hand, they can make contact with the ethical dimension of our experience in this world. Congratulations to the author, and I wish good progress to the readers of all ages; as for me, I am waiting. Waiting for the next volumes, I mean. – Liviu Antonesei, 9 June 2011, Iași

The Boiled Frog Syndrome presents compelling evidence to show that the source of the majority of the Western diseases of civilisation that have multiplied over the past 100 years, ranging from cancers to debilitating sicknesses and allergies, can be traced to the modern built environment, our increasing exposure to electromagnetic radiation and the indiscriminate use of untested advanced technology. It is also due, in part, to the 20th century's repudiation of perennial wisdom.