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Mottainai Grandma
Sep 26th, 2008
Over at Treehugger, we introduce Mariko Shinju and her best-selling book Mottainai Grandma (published by Kodansha), which has sold half a million copies in Japan. Mariko-san is currently on tour, talking to children about environmental & ethical issues, war & peace, bringing a huge grand-mother doll to bring home the message.
“What do you mean by Mottainai?” One day I was asked by my child. How can I explain this word? There are some Japanese words that cannot be translated into English and Mottainai is the one and is difficult to explain even in Japanese. This is how I started to think about making this picture story book.
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(Photo from Good News Japan)
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Hi.
I am a documentary filmmaker from India. Recently i got a chance to interact and work with Mariko Shinju. she is a prolific thinker and a good human being trying her level best to mitigate the sufferings of children. Best of luck to her.