Bibliograph

ManaBeshima Island Japan, one island, two months, one minicar, sixty crabs, eighty bites, and fifty shots of shochu, Florent Chavouet

Type

Label

ManaBeshima Island Japan, one island, two months, one minicar, sixty crabs, eighty bites, and fifty shots of shochu, Florent Chavouet

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4 to 6.

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

ManaBeshima Island Japan

Oclc number

902831664

Responsibility statement

Florent Chavouet

Sub title

one island, two months, one minicar, sixty crabs, eighty bites, and fifty shots of shochu

Summary

Japan is made up of thousands of sacred islands, artificial islands, industrial islands, resort islands, wild islands and exploding islands<U+2026>but artist Florent Chavouet had only ever visited two of them. This graphic novel is the story of one summer when he decides to get to know one more<U+2014>the tiny island of Manabeshima. This speck of dirt in the Inland Sea, off the coast of Osaka, has a total population of 300, and he sets himself the task of recording everything and everyone he meets there in quirky detail on the pages of his sketchbook.

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Manabe-shima Island Japan

Classification