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Eiko Kadono


Born
in Tokyo, Japan
January 01, 1935

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Children's Books


Eiko Kadono ( 角野栄子) is a Japanese author of children's literature, picture books, non-fiction and essays in Shōwa and Heisei period Japan. Kadono was born in Tokyo, and attended the Nihon Fukushi University in Aichi prefecture, followed by a degree in English literature from Waseda University. After graduation in 1960 at the age of 25, she emigrated to Brazil, where she spent two years. She wrote a nonfiction story called Brazil and My Friend Luizinho based on her experience at that time, about a Brazilian boy who loves dancing samba. This was her maiden work, but it was not published until 1970. Most of her works are books for children. Her first successful children's book published Ôdorabô Bula Bula shi [The Robber Bla-Bla] was published ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 19,581 ratings · 3,265 reviews · 178 distinct works • Similar authors
Kiki's Delivery Service (Ki...
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4.15 avg rating — 18,629 ratings — published 1985 — 51 editions
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Den Nya Häxkonsten (Kikis E...
4.03 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1993 — 23 editions
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魔女の宅急便 その３ キキともうひとりの魔女 (Kik...
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魔女の宅急便 その４ キキの恋 (Kiki's Del...
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魔女の宅急便 その５ 魔法のとまり木 (Kiki's ...
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Grandpa's Soup
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魔女の宅急便 その６ それぞれの旅立ち [Sorezo...
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魔女宅急便特別篇 1 與琪琪相遇的人們
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サラダでげんき [Sarada de genki]
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Series by Eiko Kadono

Kiki's Delivery Service Den Nya Häxkonsten 魔女の宅急便 その３ キキともうひとりの魔女 魔女の宅急便 その４ キキの恋 魔女の宅急便 その５ 魔法のとまり木 魔女の宅急便 その６ それぞれの旅立ち [Sorezo...
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“How wonderful it is to have a place to return to.”
― Eiko Kadono, Kiki's Delivery Service
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“she was impressed that a single ray of sun could make the world this beautiful.”
― Eiko Kadono, Kiki's Delivery Service
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“Kiki don't get too hung up on appearances, it's your heart that's important”
― Eiko Kadono, Kiki's Delivery Service
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