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小さな喫茶店
The Little Café
Misaki arrives in Nagasaki from America with one suitcase and a plan to sell, opens her late grandmother Hana's tiny kissaten by Meganebashi, speaks to the photo on…
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いろがいっぱい
Colours
Bear likes colours.
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だれのこえ？
Whose Voice is This?
Cheep Cheep Cheep Whose voice is this?
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小さな喫茶店
The Little Café
Misaki arrives in Nagasaki from America with one suitcase and a plan to sell, opens her late grandmother Hana's tiny kissaten by Meganebashi, speaks to the photo on…
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Colours
Bear likes colours.
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Whose Voice is This?
Cheep Cheep Cheep Whose voice is this?
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３びきの子ねこ
The Three Little Kittens
One day three little kittens meet a big dog.
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まいごになったあひるの子
The Lost Duckling
Tharul found a duckling. He was hurt.
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こわくないよ！
I Am Not Afraid!
I am a big girl. I go out of the house alone.
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おばあさんとの休日
Holidays with grandmother
Odongo and Apiyo lived in the city with their father. They looked forward to the holidays. Not just because school was closed, but because they went to visit their…
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サキマの歌
Sakima’s song
Sakima lived with his parents and his four year old sister. They lived on a rich man’s land. Their grass-thatched hut was at the end of a row of trees.
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バナナ売りのトム
Tom the banana seller
Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
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マゴズウェ
Magozwe
In the busy city of Nairobi, far away from a caring life at home, lived a group of homeless boys. They welcomed each day just as it came. On one morning, the boys…
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ロバの子
Donkey Child
It was a little girl who first saw the mysterious shape in the distance.
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僕が街に向けて家を出た日
The day I left home for the city
The small bus stop in my village was busy with people and overloaded buses. On the ground were even more things to load. Touts were shouting the names where their…
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小さな種：ワンガリ・マータイの物語
A Tiny Seed: The Story of Wangari Maathai
In a village on the slopes of Mount Kenya in East Africa, a little girl worked in the fields with her mother. Her name was Wangari.
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決意
Decision
My village had many problems. We made a long line to fetch water from one tap.
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草木に話しかけるカライ
Khalai talks to plants
This is Khalai. She is seven years old. Her name means ‘the good one’ in her language, Lubukusu.
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たのしいカーニバルの日
A Day at the Carnival
It's carnival day. Hooray! shouts Little Mouse. Hooray! shouts Littler Mouse. Hooray! shouts Tiny Mouse.
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バウンティと 歌う とりたち
Bounthy's Singing Birds
Bounthy’s home is near the forest. There are birds all around that sing beautiful songs. "Coo-oo, coo-oo," sing the birds.
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シカダのうた
Cicada's Song
Little Cicada loved to sing.
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おかあさん だいすき！
I Love My Mom
My mom’s name is Lee. She works hard all the time. And I learn so much from her!
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おかあさん、 鳥をよびましょう！
Mother, Call that Bird!
Mother! Please call the bird that lives on that tree.
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パーティーのじゅんび
Mother Hen
This is Mother Hen. She wants to throw a party for her chicks.
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ムナとミランのまねごっこ
Muna and Milan's Game
Muna and Milan return home from the zoo.
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おようふく ちゃんときれたかな？
Nin Wants to Get Dressed
Today is Nin's first day of school. But Nin can't put on her uniform by herself!
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ぼくのかんむり
The Crown
The red rooster has a red crown. "Where is my crown?"
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ぼうし売りのおじさん
The Hat Seller
One day, a hat seller was travelling to a village to sell his hats.
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むぎわらぼうし
The Conical Hat
My name is the conical hat.
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雨、あめ、ふれふれ！
Rain, Rain
A cloud rolled along merrily in the sky.
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