The I Wonder Bookstore: (Japanese Books, Book Lover Gifts, Interactive Books for Kids)

by Shinsuke Yoshitake

Overview

A delightful bestseller when first published in Japan, this charming illustrated book takes readers inside the magical realm of books, libraries, and bookstores. At The I Wonder Bookstore, customers come in and ask the owner countless variations on its namesake question ("I wonder if you have any books about...") and he is happy to fill their requests in enchanting ways. In these pages readers will discover books that grow on trees, books designed to be read by two (or more) people at once, books that can only be read by moonlight, bookstore weddings, an underwater library, a boot camp for charismatic bookstore attendants, and many more wonders that celebrate the transporting magic of reading in a timeless and irresistible way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452176512
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	02/12/2019
Pages:	104
Sales rank:	440,563
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Shinsuke Yoshitake is the award-winning and bestselling author whose inventive illustrated books have been published around the world.

Editorial Reviews

01/21/2019

The I Wonder Bookstore, small and out-of-the-way though it may be, is a vision of bibliophilia in an increasingly paperless world, and this charming collection of comics entirely ignores story in favor of constructing and examining the many facets of its imaginary literary haven. I Wonder is home to an array of objects, including a guide to book-centric jobs, a robot that will mark a reader’s place as readily as it will plug someone’s ears to better facilitate reading, and a toaster that changes trashier choices into erudite volumes of philosophy. The store only sells books about books, and there’s nothing within that category that its staff cannot supply. The owner is the only consistent character, a moon-faced gentleman with a bald pate and a pushbroom mustache. Yoshitake’s gentle, truthful depiction of the bookstore and its surroundings defines this book: beauty is found and catalogued in carefully drawn tire treads, cardboard boxes, and crumbling old pages as readily as in sweeping mountain vistas. Readers will enjoy their visits to the I Wonder Bookstore and will emerge from it, as from all the best bookshops, eager for more. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"The I Wonder Bookstore has a cute theme that makes you think about the nature of books. It's perfect to savor yourself, or to read with a child who can help you pick out all the little details, and contemplate what some of the books would be like. You'll likely read it and re-read it and re-read it, noticing new details each time. Ask your kids which are their favorites. I recommend this lighthearted read to the young and young at heart."
-Geek Dad

"The I Wonder Bookstore has a cute theme that makes you think about the nature of books. It's perfect to savor yourself, or to read with a child who can help you pick out all the little details, and contemplate what some of the books would be like. You'll likely read it and re-read it and re-read it, noticing new details each time. Ask your kids which are their favorites. I recommend this lighthearted read to the young and young at heart."
-Geek Dad

"A vision of bibliophilia in an increasingly paperless world . . . . Readers will enjoy their visits to the I Wonder Bookstore and will emerge from it, as from all the best bookshops, eager for more."
-Publishers Weekly

"A vision of bibliophilia in an increasingly paperless world . . . . Readers will enjoy their visits to the I Wonder Bookstore and will emerge from it, as from all the best bookshops, eager for more."
-Publishers Weekly

"this book by award-winning picture book author Shinsuke Yoshitake captures the joy and universal love of books and reading in its whimsical vignettes and charming drawings."
-Tri-City News

"this book by award-winning picture book author Shinsuke Yoshitake captures the joy and universal love of books and reading in its whimsical vignettes and charming drawings."
-Tri-City News

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