Suki's Kimono

Great book. Illustrations are beautiful, with many ethnic details, a few words in Japanese to learn, an engaging story for the First graders, and a nice message of inclusion and respect of others differences. Recommending it 👍

I work at a daycare and try to buy themed books when certain months come up. So when AANHIP came up, I wanted to get age-appropriate books about Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Suki's Kimono was one of the books I purchased. It's adorable with a fantastic message of listening to your heart and embracing your culture. The kids enjoyed it and were interested in learning about kimonos. Highly recommend.

I read this to my Pre-K students at the beginning of the year to introduce them to the idea that it is cool to embrace your culture and not worry about what others may think of you. I show them a real pair of Geta (the wood shoes the main character wears) and a parasol and show them Japan on the globe and it makes for a great story time.

Charming little story about a little girl with a personality of her own. She lives in San Francisco and is very proud of her Japanese heritage. She decides to wear her kimono the first day of school despite her older sisters attempts to make her feel embarrassed. She is met with a few snickers at school but holds her head up high . Later when introducing herself in class, she has the opportunity to explain about her kimono and the Japanese dancers at a festival during the past summer. Great book for our family as we are raising bicultural, bilingual Japanese kids in the US.

"Suki's Kimono" is about a young Japanese girl, Suki, who wears her favorite kimono from her grandmother to school on the first day. Her older sisters tell her it's not cool and warn her about what others might think, but Suki wears it anyway because she is proud of it and its memories. I love the message behind this book: be yourself and don't worry about what others think of you. I read this to my second graders every year and we have a nice discussion about what makes us all unique and why it's important to celebrate those differences. The illustrations are beautifully done also. Awesome book!

This was such a great book for students to learn about other another culture.

There is a lot of pressure from other kids and even our own family to deny our cultural heritage... therefore, I loved how this book encourages kids to instead embrace and share what their culture and what they love about their culture. There is beauty in every culture and sharing that with each other makes the world beautiful, but if we deny ourselves and our our heritage - hiding it like its a secret or something to be ashamed of, then we deny ourselves and we remain broken under a mask of uniformity. It just does not work. If someone is from Japan or Scotland or Zimbabew or from anywhere else in this world, they all should grow up supported and encouraged by educators and communities.... to celebrate the beauty their culture and people add to the world. Celebrate the good.

Amazing story

This story is a wonderful story about a Japanese girl who wears her Kimono to school as she's so proud of it. Whilst her sisters get embarrassed and her friends laugh at her, she has no cares and continues to display all she's learnt from her traditional Japanese grandma… and soon those around her are all amazed at a new culture she has just shared with them. A beautiful story that would be great to help any child be inspired and proud of their ethnicity and culture, which may not be the same as those around them.

Sweet book about being yourself. Suki is confident in her own skin and in her own cultural dress 💓

素晴らしい絵本です。 日系人の方や 日本人にゆかりのある方々の御子息に勧めます

Grade 1 & 2 students in my art class really loved this book. We had great fun creating our own kimonos.

I have used this lovely little book to support the teaching of 'stories from other cultures' and it also has a lovely message about being yourself. Children in my Year 4 class enjoyed it and having spent some time thinking about the themes, did some great writing about living in one culture whilst appreciating another. A beautifully written and illustrated little book.