Misuzu Kaneko; David Jacobson, Sally Ito, and Michiko Tsuboi, eds. and trans.; Toshikado Hajiri, ill.
Chin Music Press, Ages 7-11
EMPATHY is a dominant theme in the work of celebrated Japanese children’s poet Misuzu Kaneko, who died in 1930. Her poems are about making connections and identifying with others – so much so that she considers the points of view of fish in the sea, singular snowflakes, and even a telephone pole.