Circus Day in Japan. Eleanor Coerr

      

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      Coerr, Eleanor.

       Circus day in Japan/written and illustrated by Eleanor B. Coerr; Japanese translation by Yumi Matsunari. -- 1st bilingual ed.

       p. cm.

       Summary: A Japanese brother and sister take a train from the farm

       where they live into the city to go to their first circus, where they delight in the jugglers, the trapeze artists, and the big white elephant.

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-0846-2 (ebook)

       [1. Circus--Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters--Fiction. 3. Japan--Fiction. 4. Japanese language materials--Bilingual.] I. Matsunari, Yumi. II. Title.

       PZ49.31.C65 2010

       [E]--dc22

      2009041905

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      In Japan near a high mountain and by the blue ocean a little boy was sound asleep. His name was Joji-chan, and he was dreaming about riding on the back of a white elephant.

      His sister, Koko-chan, was already up and dressed. When she saw Joji-chan still in bed she shouted, “Wake up, sleepy-head! Today we are going to the CIRCUS!”

      Joji-chan was awake in a flash and jumped out of bed.

      He dressed in such a hurry that he almost put his pants on upside down. Kokochan helped him fold his bedding and neatly pile it in a cupboard behind the sliding doors.