The Great Wave: A Children's Book Inspired by Hokusai by Veronique Massenot Hardcover Bracelets Children's > Diversity > African-American

Children's > Diversity > African-American

Hand-carved and hand-painted

Maybe he needs new glasses

With powerful verse and striking illustrations by Nikkolas Smith

The Great Wave: A Children's Book Inspired by Hokusai by Veronique Massenot Hardcover Bracelets Children's > Diversity > African-AmericanHokusais classic woodcut of a majestic wave becomes the starting point for a storybook children will want to read again and again. On a stormy winters day, a baby boy, Naoki, is swept into a fishermans boat by a great wave. Years pass, but still Naoki does not grow. Must he return to the ocean in order to become a young man? The answer arrives in the form of a mythic fish. Japanese artist Hokusai is one of the worlds most celebrated printmakers. His