Webinars & Presentations
Sonoko Sakai, author of Mai and the Missing Melon
The Program for Teaching East Asia and the Five College Center for East Asian Studies offers a webinar with Sonoko Sakai, author of Mai and the Missing Melon. Through Sonoko Sakai’s storytelling and Keiko Brodeur’s illustrations, this picture book takes the reader on a journey to Kamakura, Japan in the 1960s.
Following along Mai’s adventure, K-8 students can explore Japanese geography, food, culture, and history as well as the special relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter and the power of kindness. In this webinar, Ms. Sakai will share her stories behind Mai’s story, the book’s embedded folktale, and her storytelling style. Mai and the Missing Melon has been recognized as a Freeman Book Award 2023 Of Note.