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The Big Bath House

Author Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Gracey Zhang
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Hardcover
$17.99 US
RH Childrens Books | Random House Studio
10.5"W x 10.25"H x 0.5"D  
On sale Nov 16, 2021 | 40 Pages | 978-0-593-18195-9
| Preschool - 3
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  • English Language Arts > Fiction > Family > Multigenerational
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A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a bath house with her grandmother and aunties

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • NPR • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews • Horn Book • The American Library Association • ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project


You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive... / At the bath house / The big bath house.

In this celebration of Japanese culture and family and naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, join a little girl--along with her aunties and grandmother--at a traditional bath house. Once there, the rituals leading up to the baths begin: hair washing, back scrubbing, and, finally, the wood barrel drumroll. Until, at last, it's time, and they ease their bodies--their creased bodies, newly sprouting bodies, saggy, jiggly bodies--into the bath. Ahhhhhh!
 
With a lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations, this picture book is based on Kyo Maclear's loving memories of childhood visits to Japan, and is an ode to the ties that bind generations of women together.
KYO MACLEAR is an award-winning novelist, essayist and children's author. Her books have been translated into fifteen languages and published in over twenty countries, have earned numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and have been nominated for many others such as the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and is on faculty at the University of Guelph Creative Writing M.F.A. and the Humber School for Writers.

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★ "A must-have celebration of cultural understanding and community—and the joy of family." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "Maclear and Zhang portray with great warmth the nourishment offered by this cultural institution, making clear to readers the ritual’s cozy, home-away-from-home feeling." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ " …a warm and tender story of time with beloved distant family.” —The Bulletin, starred review

★ "Zhang's bouyant illustrations in ink, gouache, and watercolors match the water-focused story with transparent, watery hues anchored by strong black outlining. —The Horn Book, starred review

★ “[An] exuberant celebration of family.” —BookPage, starred review

About

A joyful celebration of Japanese cultural traditions and body positivity as a young girl visits a bath house with her grandmother and aunties

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Public Library • NPR • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews • Horn Book • The American Library Association • ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project


You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive... / At the bath house / The big bath house.

In this celebration of Japanese culture and family and naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, join a little girl--along with her aunties and grandmother--at a traditional bath house. Once there, the rituals leading up to the baths begin: hair washing, back scrubbing, and, finally, the wood barrel drumroll. Until, at last, it's time, and they ease their bodies--their creased bodies, newly sprouting bodies, saggy, jiggly bodies--into the bath. Ahhhhhh!
 
With a lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations, this picture book is based on Kyo Maclear's loving memories of childhood visits to Japan, and is an ode to the ties that bind generations of women together.

Author

KYO MACLEAR is an award-winning novelist, essayist and children's author. Her books have been translated into fifteen languages and published in over twenty countries, have earned numerous awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and have been nominated for many others such as the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and is on faculty at the University of Guelph Creative Writing M.F.A. and the Humber School for Writers.

View titles by Kyo Maclear
Gracey Zhang View titles by Gracey Zhang

Awards

  • SELECTION | 2022
    Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices

Praise

★ "A must-have celebration of cultural understanding and community—and the joy of family." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "Maclear and Zhang portray with great warmth the nourishment offered by this cultural institution, making clear to readers the ritual’s cozy, home-away-from-home feeling." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ " …a warm and tender story of time with beloved distant family.” —The Bulletin, starred review

★ "Zhang's bouyant illustrations in ink, gouache, and watercolors match the water-focused story with transparent, watery hues anchored by strong black outlining. —The Horn Book, starred review

★ “[An] exuberant celebration of family.” —BookPage, starred review

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  • The Good Little Book
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    The Bashful Cloud
    Kyo Maclear, Nathalie Dion
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Sep 13, 2022
  • Story Boat
    Story Boat
    Kyo Maclear, Rashin Kheiriyeh
    $17.99 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 04, 2020
  • Julia, Child
    Julia, Child
    Kyo Maclear, Julie Morstad
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Mar 06, 2018
  • Yak and Dove
    Yak and Dove
    Kyo Maclear, Esmé Shapiro
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Sep 19, 2017
  • The Fog
    The Fog
    Kyo Maclear, Kenard Pak
    $16.99 US
    Hardcover
    May 16, 2017
  • The Liszts
    The Liszts
    Kyo Maclear, Júlia Sardà
    $16.99 US
    Hardcover
    Oct 04, 2016
  • The Good Little Book
    The Good Little Book
    Kyo Maclear, Marion Arbona
    $16.99 US
    Hardcover
    Aug 11, 2015
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