sakisreads 's review for:

Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Chihiro Iwasaki

3.5

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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I was so excited that this was a true life story! I was unaware that Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, someone who I’d seen on TV growing up, had had such a colourful childhood 🥹 I was aware that she had grown up during the war but was unaware of her attending Mr. Kobayashi’s incredible school ✨

This is more like a collection of very short stories, and so some of the time I didn’t feel as though I could connect to the characters because before I could try, they were whisked away! 😳 But it was still touching and you could feel Mr. Kobayashi’s love and passion for education 🥰

I’m giving this 3.5 out of 5 stars ✨ Thank you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War