Title: Yotsubato!
Author: Kiyohiko Azuma
Illustrator: Kiyohiko Azuma
Publisher: ADV Manga
Date: 2005
Age Range: 2 - 5 grade
Summary: Yotsuba&! is centered on Yotsuba Koiwai, a five-year-old adopted girl who is energetic, cheerful, curious, strange, and quirky—so strange and quirky, in fact, that even her own father calls her a weirdo. She is also initially ignorant about many things a child her age would be expected to know, among them doorbells, escalators, air conditioners, and even playground swings. This naiveté is the premise of humorous stories where she learns about, and frequently misunderstands, everyday things.
Strengths:
I've read Azuma's other manga "Azumanga Daioh" and I didn't care for it very much. So I picked up Yotsubato&! with some hesitation and I was in for a surprise. It's a funny and heart warming comic that shows the imagination and wonder of a young girl. The art is simple and clean and works great with the story. Just from the first chapter I fell in love with the characters and their daily lives. I kept laughing so much at every page that my roommates had to come in and ask what was going on. I actually just want to find the other volumes right now so I can read them all.
Concerns:
There are some cultural differences that may confuse younger children but most mangas have translator notes in the back to explain them.
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