This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi-who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.
In real life, the Totto-chan of the book has become one of Japan's most popular television personalities-Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. She attributes her success in life to this wonderful school and its headmaster.
The charm of this account has won the hearts of millions of people of all ages and made this book a runaway bestseller in Japan, with sales hitting the 4.5 million mark in its first year.
Author(s): Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Dorothy Guyver Britton
Edition: 2016
Publisher: Kodansha USA
Year: 2016
Language: English
Commentary: Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window is a children’s book written by Japanese television personality and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. The book was published originally as 窓ぎわのトットちゃん (Madogiwa no Totto-chan) in 1981
Pages: 232
1. Totto-Chan : The Little Girl at the Window
2. Jacket
3. Totto-Chan
4. The Little Girl at the Window
5. The Railroad Station
6. The Little Girl at the Window
7. The New School
8. “I Like This School!”
9. The Headmaster
10. Lunchtime
11. Totto-Chan Starts School
12. The Classroom in the Train
13. Lessons at Tomoe
14. Sea Food and Land Food
15. “Chew It Well!”
16. School Walks
17. The School Song
18. “Put It All Back!"
19. Totto-Chan's Name
20. Radio Comedians
21. Railroad Car Arrives
22. The Swimming Pool
23. The Report Card
24. Summer Vacation Begins
25. The Great Adventure
26. The Bravery Test
27. The Rehearsal Hall
28. A Trip to a Hot Spring
29. Eurythmics
30. “The Only Thing I Want!”
31. Their Worst Clothes
32. Takahashi
33. "Look Before You Leap!"
34. “And Then... Uh…”
35. “We Were Only Playing!”
36. Sports Day
37. The Poet Issa
38. Very Mysterious
39. Talking With Your Hands
40. The Forty Seven Ronin
41. “MaSOW-Chaan!"
42. Pigtails
43. “Thank You"
44. The Library Car
45. Tails
46. Her Second Year at Tomoe
47. Swan Lake
48. The Farming Teacher
49. Field Kitchen
50. “You're Really a Good Girl”
51. His Bride
52. “Shabby, Old School”
53. The Hair Ribbon
54. Visiting the Wounded
55. Health Bark
56. The English-Speaking Child
57. Chalk
58. "Yasuaki-Chan's Dead"
59. A Spy
60. Daddy's Violin
61. The Promise
62. Rocky Disappears
63. The Tea Party
64. Sayonara, Sayonara!
65. Postscript
66. Epilogue
67. Akira Takahashi
68. Miyo-Chan (Miyo Kaneko)
69. Sakko Matsuyama (Now Mrs. Sairo)
70. Taiji Yamanouchi
71. Kunio Oe
72. Aiko Saisho (Now Mrs. Tanaka)
73. Keiko Aoki (Now Mrs. Kuwabara)
74. Yoichi Migita
75. Ryo-Chan
76. About the Book
77. The Translator
78. The Author
