তোত্তোচান: জানালার ধারে ছোট্ট মেয়েটি

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, a famous Japanese television personality, remembers her first years at school in Tokyo during the early 1940s. After being expelled from a regular school for her unruly behaviour, little Totto-chan is sent to Tomoe Gakuen, where the lessons are in old railway carriages and the headmaster, Mr. Kobayashi, trusts children to learn in their own way. She forms friendships, takes part in unusual activities and learns about generosity and respect. As the Second World War advances, the happy school is threatened.

This is a memoir that parents and teachers value, and that readers of all ages find uplifting and funny.

Practical and clear-cut; an easy read.

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