Crow Boy, Taro Yashima
Crow Boy, Taro Yashima
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Crow Boy

Author: Taro Yashima

Narrator: Jerry Terheyden

Unabridged: 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 06/30/1982


Synopsis

A shy Japanese boy having difficulty adjusting to school is misjudged by his classmates. Chibi has been an outcast since that frightening first day of school when he hid under the schoolhouse. Afraid of the teacher and unable to make any friends, Chibi passes his free time alone — alone at study time, alone at playtime, always a "forlorn little tag-along." But when Mr. Isobe arrives, the teacher sees things in Chibi that no one else has ever noticed...

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on September 25, 2018

At first, I really did not like the artwork in this book. It's fuzzy and the colors are dull and makes me feel it's messy. As the story went on, I think it is part of the story to explain the Tiny boy in this book. At least, I think that is what it's doing. Chibi who becomes Crow Boy is not from the......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on December 11, 2019

Read for my daughter. A good book for kids. Don’t judge when someone is different because they will surprise you of their unique talent.......more

Goodreads review by Shanna on August 24, 2009

Crow Boy is a memorable story, apparently drawn from the author's childhood memories of Japan. On the first day of school in a small village, a young boy is found hidden beneath the schoolhouse floor. The boy comes to be called "Chibi" for his small stature, and is ostracized by his classmates. Afte......more

Goodreads review by Tym on March 06, 2021

Great story, terrible art.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on July 23, 2016

Crow Boy is a realistic fiction book that shows the perfect example of "We should never judge a book by its cover". It also shows that teachers could be the ones to discriminate children along with their students. In the beginning of the story, Crow Boy was judged by his teacher and his classmates,......more