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Eiko Kadono

Autore di Kiki's Delivery Service

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Eiko Kadono is a Japanese children's book author. She is the author of numerous books. Her most famous work is Kiki's Delivery Service. It was developed into a series and adapted into an animated film. She is the winner of the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award for writing. Her work has made an mostra altro important and lasting contribution to children's literature. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Serie

Opere di Eiko Kadono

Kiki's Delivery Service (1985) 641 copie
Grandpa's Soup (1999) 72 copie
おそとがきえた! (2009) 2 copie
魔女からの手紙 (1997) — Autore — 2 copie
Kiki la petite sorcière (2019) 2 copie
ラストラン (2011) 1 copia
Où est mon trésor? (1988) 1 copia
Iekosan (2007) 1 copia
Ōdorobō Burabura-shi (2011) 1 copia

Opere correlate

Kiki's Delivery Service [1989 film] (1989) — Original novel — 447 copie
Don't Read This! : And Other Tales of the Unnatural (1994) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Kiki's Delivery Service [2014 Movie] (2014) — Original novel — 2 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Kadono, Eiko
Nome legale
渡辺英子
Watanabe Eiko
Altri nomi
角野 栄子
Kadono Eiko
Watanabe, Eiko
Data di nascita
1935-01-01
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
Japan
Luogo di nascita
Tokyo, Japan
Attività lavorative
author
Premi e riconoscimenti
Hans Christian Andersen Award (2018)

Utenti

Recensioni

Witches exist in the world of this book, but there aren't a lot of them, and magical knowledge and powers are starting to fade away with each generation. The only magic Kiki is capable of is flying on her broom. She also has Jiji, one of the black cats that all young witches are raised with.

Kiki is about to turn thirteen, the age at which young witches strike off on their own and find a new town to call home for a year. Although her mother advises her to not choose a big city, Kiki wants more excitement and ends up settling in Koriko. It's daunting at first - no one seems to be very interested in having a witch live in their town - but Kiki manages to carve out a place for herself by starting a delivery service. Her first customer, Mrs. Osono, helps by giving her a place to stay.

Throughout the rest of her first year, Kiki meets new people, delivers everything from a painting to a giant belly band, and gains more confidence in her abilities.

It's been ages since I watched this movie, and I didn't even realize until I heard about this book coming out that it was based on a novel (or series as a whole?). I thought this was charming, although certainly aimed at a younger audience than the stuff I normally read. The translation felt smooth and natural, and I'd easily recommend this to young readers interested in some light coming-of-age fantasy.

Although it's mentioned at the beginning that Kiki and Jiji will eventually go their separate ways, that doesn't happen in this particular book, so no worries about that.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
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Familiar_Diversions | 19 altre recensioni | Dec 31, 2023 |
This book delivers on the charm and magic. Just as wonderful as the famous film (based off the book), this is a story about the perils and joys of growing up, the wonder of the world, and the beauty of returning home.
 
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ryantlaferney87 | 19 altre recensioni | Dec 8, 2023 |
Timeless Studio Ghibli

If you could get a warm hug from a book, it would be this book. After reading this I just wanted to polish a broom (first find one seeing as the Roomba has put it out of commission) gather up one of my puppies, maybe Pippin (I don't have a cat - damn my allergies, Jiji is adorable) and take to the blue skies with a little portable radio to listen to some sweet sounds.

I love that the world in which this story takes place is not a dark world like ours. A 10-13 year old "coming of age" is a petrifying thing. A 10-13 year old moving away from home to live in another city and help strangers - damn unthinkable. But this book makes you forget the harsh realities of Earth season 2023 and transports you firmly to a world where people like Osono make you feel at home, where ships are littered with belly-band covered wine bottles, where love poems are scribbled on leaves and bring joy, where bells that ring at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve bring pinkie promises and folksy races around a quaint but massive city.

I loved this journey so much for it's slice of life simplicity with a dash of wonderous magic.

Listen, can you hear it?

Book 3: Readathon
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RoadtripReader | 19 altre recensioni | Aug 24, 2023 |
So much fun to read the original story -- it was a lot closer to the movie than I expected.
 
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Inky_Fingers | 19 altre recensioni | Nov 9, 2022 |

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Statistiche

Opere
86
Opere correlate
3
Utenti
855
Popolarità
#29,932
Voto
4.0
Recensioni
32
ISBN
104
Lingue
8

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