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The Way We Do It in Japan | 
| Author: Geneva Cobb Iijima
Creator: Paige Billin-frye
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.36
New (6) Used (4) from $14.77
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1149815
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.4
ASIN: B0012QH01S
Publication Date: March 2002
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Product Description
Gregory and his family are moving to Japan for his dads job. After the long flight, they arrive at their new apartment. Gregory is surprised to find lots of things that are different: he needs to remove his shoes and wear slippers, he has to sit on pillows at the table, and he has to take a shower before getting into the bathtub! As Gregorys dad points out, "Thats the way they do it in Japan." When Gregory starts school, hes afraid that the kids wont like him. That morning, he works hard writing the letters of the Japanese alphabet and is glad when its time for lunch. But hes embarrassed when he takes out his peanut butter sandwich and sees everyone else eating rice and soybeans. Gregory wonders if hell ever fit in.
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| Customer Reviews:
 mm.. May 15, 2008
Well.. there is no such name as "Hidiaki" in Japan.. it is Hideaki. Unless they decided to come up with a cool new name but they dont have the "di" sound in people's names in Japanese and it sounds just so weird.
A Good One February 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is so cute. We are Americans living in Japan and my daughter has lived here her whole life (since she was a few months old) so she attends Japanese school, is bilingual, and deeply Japanese-cultured. I know she will be culture-shocked when we return to the States in a year and a half, and I thought this book would be a different way to help her with the differences she will experience when we move to the States.
This book is the reverse of what we are doing, but the principals are all the same. She says maybe she should translate this book and read it to her classmates so that they can understand what American children are feeling when they move here (in case they become classmates with future American children). She doesn't yet understand that her bilingualism is the only reason her elementary school accepted her into the school as an American, but I thought her idea was so emphatic and sweet!
Overall, I think this book applies to an array of educational areas. I'll be waiting for more like it!
 Awesome book!!! January 15, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am a director of a childcare center and I am running a multicultural program for our children. It is sooo hard to find good materials for small children that discuss other cultures. This book was excellent. The children loved it and so did I.
It not only taught about the differences but it also had Japanese words strewn throughout the book. It also had a very simplistic pronunciation key so that I didn't need to skip a beat while reading. One of our children who is from Japan and his mother came in while I was reading. The mother understands very little english but was very pleased with the book. The book ends on such a loving note. I wish they had books like this for every culture.
I thank the authors for such a book.
"Adjusting to a New Culture" November 13, 2002
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Gregory moves with his Japanese father and Caucasian mother from San Francisco to Japan. The author captures the boy's eagerness for adventure, yet his timidity as he faces the unknown. While Gregory and the reader learn "the way they do it in Japan," they will learn to speak some Japanese words. The author has depicted loving parents who do all they can to help their son fit in to a new way of life. The surprise comes in the end when Gregory's classmates learn "the way they do it in America." A great book to encourage children to value another culture. Adult and child will gain information about Japan that could lead to a whole unit of study. But what I liked best was the author's theme of love and friendship, where there could be fear and alienation. The principles of the book could be applied to the study of any culture.
First Graders Read It Again and Again August 18, 2002
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
The Way We Do It In Japan is a warm story relating a child's honest and positive reactions to his family's move from
San Francisco to Tokyo, Japan. Gregory's experiences and reactions to new and unfamiliar situations prompted much discussion in my first grade classroom. Every child identified with Gregory on some level. This book was a welcome re-read in my classroom!
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