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Warabe Aska


Warabé Aska is one of those gifted artists who also writes stories.

He produced several successful books in his native Japan before immigrating to Canada in 1979. His first book with Tundra, Who Goes to the Park, won several prizes including the City of Toronto Book Award, which was given to a children’s book for the first time. Warabé has had solo exhibitions of his art in Japan, England, the U.S., and Canada. His art has also achieved global acclaim in exhibitions staged in the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Yugoslavia, and Iran. His works are part of the permanent...

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Tapicero Tap Tap
Written by Warabe Aska

Hardcover | 24 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Family - Multigenerational; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places
978-0-88776-760-9 (0-88776-760-5)

March 7, 2006 | $22.99

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Tapicero Tap Tap
Written by Warabe Aska

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887767609
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As a very hot day in a Spanish village by the sea draws to a close, the children have grown bored and quarrelsome. They turn to their uncle to amuse them. He, too, is ready for a break from his work and tells them a story they love to hear.

Once he...