Hardcover
 
“A mystery, a quest, a mother and a child, an earthquake and a discovery: Are You An Echo? folds poetry and history into recent events, resurrecting the work of Misuku Kaneko and bringing the gentle grace of her poems to a new generation.”
— Lauren Redniss, author of Radioactive, finalist for the National Book Award
In early-1900s Japan, Misuzu Kaneko grows from precocious bookworm to instantly-beloved children’s poet. But her life ends prematurely, and Misuzu’s work is forgotten. Decades later her poems are rediscovered—just in time to touch a new generation devastated by the tsunami of 2011. This picture book features Misuzu’s life story plus a trove of her poetry in English and the original Japanese.
 
Big Catch
At sunrise, glorious sunrise
it’s a big catch!
A big catch of sardines!
 
On the beach, it’s like a festival
but in the sea, they will hold funerals
for the tens of thousands dead.
 
For more on this beloved poet, please visit misuzukaneko.com.