“Memoir of an unconventional Tokyo school during WWII, featuring railroad-car classrooms and a headmaster who championed freedom and love.”
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
窓ぎわのトットちゃん
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Memoir of an unconventional Tokyo school during WWII, featuring railroad-car classrooms and a headmaster who championed freedom and love.
This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi--who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity. (Source: Kodansha International)
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window begins and ends here.
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A Novel Publication
- Format 59 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 52m approx
- Published Mar 1981 – ongoing
- Source Novel media type
- Ref. BS-M86227 catalog