Girls Who Raise Service Dogs - The Dog Program That Opens Hardened Hearts
Kodansha Ltd., Publishers, 2012 Yen 1,300 (Japanese)
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At-risk teenage girls at a juvenile facility in California participate in a service dog training program which gives them invaluable life lessons. They learn to be patient, responsible and compassionate through caring for the dogs they train. In return, the dogs give them the kind of unconditional love which helps open their hardened hearts, and helps establish their self-esteem. |
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Mine Detection Dogs at Work
Kodansha Ltd., Publishers, 2011
Yen 580 (Japanese) |
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In the summer of 2007 I met two puppies in Bosnia and Herzegovina who were being trained to become mine detection dogs. After they completed their training I followed them to Cambodia, where they were sent to work in the mine fields. This is a four-year documentary for young people about the work of those mine detection dogs, and about the Cambodian people’s effort to demine and restore their war-torn land, and ultimately, to reclaim their country. |
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Dogs Come to My Hospital
Iwasaki Publishing Co., Ltd., 2009
Yen 1,800 (Japanese) |
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Dogs can bring so much joy to children, especially when those children are hospitalized for long periods due to serious illnesses such as cancer. St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo is one of just a few hospitals in Japan that accepts therapy dog visits. The visits began after the death of a girl whose last wish was to be visited by a dog. By portraying the loving interaction between the dogs and the children, I wanted to show that animals can enhance the childrens' quality of life, as well as help develop their resilience in the face of their difficult circumstances. |
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Mine Detection Dogs
Kodansha Ltd., Publishers, 2009 Yen 1,600 (Japanese) |
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There are many types of working dogs in our society, all of which help us live better lives. But while guide dogs, service dogs, and search and rescue dogs may be familiar to most people, the work of mine detection dogs may not. What kind of dogs become mine detection dogs? How are they trained? How do they actually find mines? In this book, I’ll take the young audience to Bosnia and Herzegovina where puppies are born and trained and to the mine field of Cambodia where mine detection dogs work. My hope is that more children will be touched by these amazing dogs, and begin to take a greater interest in the issue of land mines. |
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Let’s Play, Fendi
- The Child Life Specialist of Children’s Hospital
Shogakukan INC, 2007 Yen 1,400 (Japanese) |
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The main purposes of the work of a child life specialist are to act as an advocate for children in medical facilities, and to help them cope with the stress, pain and anxiety of treatment or hospitalization. This book describes the work of child life specialists through the story of the friendship between Fendi, a five-year old girl with left heart syndrome, and Erin, a child life specialist in Miami Children’s Hospital. The book takes the audience through the difficult journey that Fendi had to take -- from her heart surgery through her recovery -- and how she managed that journey with the help of Erin. While child life specialists are placed in more than 400 hospitals, clinics and hospices in the United States, only 13 child life specialists exist in Japan. I’m hoping that this book will make a small contribution toward introducing and promoting the concept of child life, which would greatly enhance the quality of life for children in medical settings. |
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Planting Seeds of Peace-Bosnian Girl Emina
Iwasaki Publishing Co., Ltd., 2006 Yen 1,500 (Japanese) |
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The war in Bosnia claimed as many as 250,000 lives and displaced 2 million people during the period between 1992 and 1995. 11 years after the ethnic cleansing, the country’s ethnic division still remains. However, it does not stop an innovative peace building effort called the Community Gardening Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In their gardens, people meet, work together, and form friendships regardless of their ethnicities. 11year old Emina, a Bosniak, meets another girl, Nada, who is Serb, and they become best friends. Emina’s love for Nada makes her wonder why there was ever a war in the first place, and she starts to explore how she could prevent war from happening again so that they would not be forced to become enemies. . . |
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Letting Go and Simplifying
Your Life
Iwanami Shoten Publishers, 2005 Yen 1,470 (Japanese) |
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My closet was filled with unopened boxes.
I couldn't even open some of my drawers because I had too many things stuffed
inside. Hours of my precious time were wasted in looking for missing items...until
I met a professional organizer who helped me change my life. With her tips, I
was able to simplify my life and gain greater freedom. I wrote this book for a
Japanese audience who could not let things go easily. I hope it will serve as
a guide book for those who don't want to just throw things away. |
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When
Injured Birds Fly -Stories of Children at Green Chimneys
Iwasaki Publishing Co., Ltd., 2005 Yen 1,400 (Japanese) |
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Green Chimneys is a world-renowned
treatment center for emotionally injured children, which has been applying the
power of nature toward healing since 1947. Many children who come to this upstate
New York farm arrive scarred by mistreatment. But they learn to both love and
to receive love through the action of caring for animals and plants. This book's
many heartwarming photos of children with animals paint thousands of words of
how the loving
connection between them works . It is easy reading for those who are interested
in animal assisted therapy, horticulture therapy, or in helping children with
emotional and behavioral problems.
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This
is the Happiest Time in My Life
Shogakukan INC, 2004 Yen 1,400 (Japanese) |
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The long awaited adult
version of Goodbye, Grandma Erma, which won two Best Children's Book prizes in
2001, is a personal journal of the author's time with Erma and her family during
her final months of life. It has been recommended by Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, a
leading authority on terminal care in Japan.
"There are many books written about caring for ill or elderly people, but I don't
know of any journal on terminal care which is so warm and real. This book is written
with the loving connection between Grandmother Erma and the author." |
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Lessons in Saying Goodbye
Kodansha Ltd., Publishers, 2003 Yen1,500 (Japanese) |
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This is a personal photo essay
of the author's life with her two cats, both of which died of Feline Leukemia.
It describes her journey from the time when she first learned of the cats' illness
until she came to accept their deaths. Along the way, the author learns that our
lives are filled with lessons about how to let go of things that we are attached
to. |
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A Garden That Grows People
Iwanami Shoten Publishers, 2002 Yen1,800 (Japanese) |
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In 1984, The Garden Project: an organic
gardening program for the rehabilitation of inmates, was launched at San Francisco
County Jail by former jail counselor Cathrine Sneed. Since then, the program has
grown into an independent, non-profit organization which helps both inmates and
ex-offenders who need jobs to ease them back into society. While practicing organic
gardening, they learn to take care of themselves. The community where they came
from also heals as the garden grows. This is a two-year documentary which follows
the remarkable work of The Garden Project as it strives towards growing people
through gardening. |
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Thank you, Fonzie
Shogakukan INC, 2002 Yen1,400 (Japanese and Korean) |
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Fonzie the dolphin has an important
job: He plays with children who are sick or disabled, and gives them joy and laughter.
Children come from all over the world to Island Dolphin Care in Key Largo, Florida
where this book is set. It is a facility that provides dolphin assisted therapy,
and it offers a safe place where children can just be kids and enjoy themselves.
Fonzie is the narrator of the book, and he talks about his work and the lives
of the children with whom he plays. |
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Living with Cats and
Dogs in Big Cities
Iwanami Shoten Publishers, 2002 Yen480 (Japanese)
Co-authored with Yuko Shibanai, DVM |
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Japan is in the midst of a pet boom,
so it has become important for Japanese to learn how to live with their cats and
dogs in the crowded neighborhood where most people in Japanese cities live. Dr.
Shibanai is a pioneer in promoting human-animal bond in Japan, and she gives many
helpful suggestions on how to benefit from living with animals, as they can be
the best teachers to both children and adults. |
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Goodbye, Grandma Erma
Shogakukan INC, 2000 Yen1,300
(Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
English version to be published in spring of 2008) |
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The book is a winner of two Best Children's
Book awards of 2001. One summer, Grandma Erma learned that she had terminal cancer.
The book follows her in her final year, as she writes her family history, says
goodbye to people whom she has loved, and prepares for a peaceful departure from
this world. Her beloved cat Star Kitty narrates the book, which has been used
at numerous schools and reading circles in Japan as a textbook to teach children
about death and dying. |
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Dogs Gave Me the Strength
to Live
Iwanami Shoten Publishers, 1999 Yen2,000 (Japanese) |
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This is a three-year documentary of
the Prison Pet Partnership Program at Washington Corrections Center for Women
in Purdy, Washington. In this program, inmates rescue dogs from local animal shelters,
and train them to be service dogs. The inmates are given an opportunity to give
something back to society, and the disabled people who eventually receive the
dogs are given a way to live more independently, and the dogs which were once
abandoned by humans are not only given another chance to live, but teach inmates
-- who not only hurt others, but who are also deeply hurt -- to trust again. |
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Service Dog Tasha
Shogakukan INC, 1999 Yen1,300 (Japanese, Chinese and Korean) |
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Tasha, a service dog which was trained
in a women's prison, becomes the best friend of a disabled teenage girl named
Stephanie. Tasha picks dropped items up from the ground for Stephanie, brings
the telephone in case of an emergency, helps her changing her clothes, and always
stays by her side. This picture book for children follows their life from morning
to night in order to show how they work together. It also shows how Tasha and
other service dogs have been trained by the Prison Pet Partnership Program. |
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Gift of Life
Iwanami Shoten Publishers, 1997 Yen1,800 (Japanese) |
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This is a four-year photo documentary
which follows the final years of Jenni: a young woman with HIV/AIDS. She was 29
years old when she died of AIDS, and her final years teach us that what really
matters in our lives is not what we achieve, but how we live. Her husband Jimmy,
who married her right after he learned of her illness and her beloved animals
(a dog, a cat and a bird) also teach us about love and dedication. |
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Harp Seal Pups I, II
NESCO/Bungeishunjuu Publishers, 1990, 1992 Yen1,200
(Japanese and Korean)
Co-authored with Rei Ohara |
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This is the author's only book of wildlife
photography. It contains 64 pages of color photos of lovely baby seals that are
shot in St. Laurence Bay, Canada. |
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