It Began With a Page Humourous He lived with bamboo all

He lived with bamboo all year round

writer Julie Leung

“Solnit’s exquisite essays move between the political and the personal

” —Katherine Applegate

Captivating

It Began With a Page Humourous He lived with bamboo allGyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan,