TRUE 1ST PRT- 1979- STATED FIRST. Award-winning author, Allen Say, based this story on his own boyhood in this unusual portrayal of a Japanese boy apprenticed to a famous cartoonist. DJ cover by Say. 185pp. Slight soil on book's top edge.

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Title

The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin, Boston

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060252081

ISBN 13

9780060252083

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Ed, 1st Prt

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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CAT 73

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Thirteen-year-old Kiyoi, an apprentice to the famous cartoonist, Noro Shinpei, tries to develop his talent and become self-reliant, in this novel based upon the author's own boyhood in Japan. "A warm, sensitive portrait of growing up in post-war Japan." -- Booklist, starred review

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"The Caldecott Medalist draws on his boyhood in postwar Tokyo for this autobiographical novel about a talented boy's artistic education."

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