Most Popular Books by Kiyohiko Azuma

When Jumbo holds a flower sale, Yotsuba and her father are left with more bouquets than they can handle. Yotsuba starts selling them on the street, but she'll have to hurry if she wants to see the fireworks.

*sniffle* Yotsuba thinks grown-ups are mean. Daddy plays all kinds of neat games with Yotsuba, but he ALWAYS WINS! Even when Yotsuba TELLS him to be paper in Rock-Paper-Scissors, he doesn't listen! Even then! Yotsuba never, ever wants to be a big meanie grown-up, nuh-uh! But grown-ups get to buy ice cream all by themselves, so ... um ... maybe it's okay to be a grown-up sometimes?

"Fresh off the excitement of her camping trip, Yotsuba initiates a very productive session of sandbox play in which she instructs Fuuka how to properly run a bakery. But even more exciting is a visit from Grandma! Yotsuba learns how to value and enjoy cleaning, how not to be rude when hoping for souvenirs, and most important, how to cope when Grandma leaves. But don't worry, she'll be back someday!"--Publisher.

Mooooo...! MOOOO...! Cows are neato! It's fun pretending to be a cow! And milk comes from cows, so I bet they're real nice too. 'Cos milk is super-yummy, right?! Yotsuba thinks so! And milk comes in lotsa flavors, so cows must come in different flavors too. How else is there white milk and coffee milk and chocolate milk?! Then there's the black and white cows, they've gotta make a super-secret special flavor, huh?! Yotsuba wants to know! Let's go ask the cows at the ranch, Daddy! Come on!

Oops! Your shoe! Your shoe! Your shoe came untied! But don't worry! Tora taught Yotsuba how to tie a bow like a butterfly! Now Yotsuba can tie Juralumin's ribbon aaaall by herself. Huh? Why are Yotsuba's hands blue? Well, see, there was this reeeally pretty blue paint...and Yotsuba thought Daddy would want his stuff to be reeeally pretty blue too... Are Yotsuba's hands gonna stay blue forever and ever?!!

The ranch wasn't fun, huh? But maybe festivals will be less funner?! (Yotsuba's playing opposites, ha-ha!) Yotsuba got uninvited to Fuuka's school for a culr...a clart...a cultural festival! And she didn't promise Yotsuba there wouldn't be CAKE! Yotsuba doesn't want a cake as biiiiiig as Jumbo, nope!! You wouldn't either, now would you?! Ohhh! And then, and then! There ISN'T gonna be a great big festival for the whole town to go to! And Yotsuba isn't gonna work hard and help out there with Ena and Fuuka, nuh-uh! Not even for candy, nooooo way!

Reads from right to left in the traditional manga format.

Reads from right to left, and back to front in the traditional manga format.

Yotsuba loves playing games and she is good at it. Daddy''s opinion is that Yotsuba makes the rules as they play along, but she thinks that he is a sore loser. But maybe Yotsuba will let him win once in a while.

Continuing adventures of the odd little green-haired, wide-eyed girl who doesn''t have a clue, including her conflicted feelings about the privileges and responsibilities of being a grown-up like her dad.

Oops! Your shoe! Your shoe! Your shoe came untied! But don''t worry! Tora taught Yotsuba how to tie a bow like a butterfly! Now Yotsuba can tie Juralumin''s ribbon aaaall by herself. Huh? Why are Yotsuba''s hands blue? Well, see, there was this reeeally pretty blue paint...and Yotsuba thought Daddy would want his stuff to be reeeally pretty blue too... Are Yotsuba''s hands gonna stay blue forever and ever?!!

The best high school stories are simultaneously funny, warm, and endearing - but most importantly, the characters come alive on the page. Get to know the girls who set a new standard for the high school experience! Sakaki - strong and silent with a soft and fuzzy center Chiyo - a towering intellect wrapped in a ten-year-old package Tomo - The Mouth Yomi - should stop eating if she wants to lose weight Osaka - well, she''s...different The original phenomenon from Kiyohiko Azuma, beloved creator of YOTSUBA&!, is collected in this deluxe edition and is an absolute necessity for any manga enthusiast''s library!

Yotsuba loooooves playing games! When Daddy''s the counter at hide-and-seek, he can never find Yotsuba, ''cause I''m such a good hider! And when we go to the park, Yotsuba''s the bestest at swing-tag-shoe-races. Daddy says Yotsuba''s just making up the rules as we go along, but Yotsuba thinks Daddy''s just a sour loser. But maybe Yotsuba will let him win once in a while...

The ranch wasn''t fun, huh? But maybe festivals will be less funner?! (Yotsuba''s playing opposites, ha-ha!) Yotsuba got uninvited to Fuuka''s school for a culr...a clart...a cultural festival! And she didn''t promise Yotsuba there wouldn''t be CAKE! Yotsuba doesn''t want a cake as biiiiiig as Jumbo, nope!! You wouldn''t either, now would you?! Ohhh! And then, and then! There ISN''T gonna be a great big festival for the whole town to go to! And Yotsuba isn''t gonna work hard and help out there with Ena and Fuuka, nuh-uh! Not even for candy, nooooo way!

Ohhhhh! Yotsuba''s back! Today, Yotsuba was drawing Jumbo, okay? That''s Daddy''s REALLY, REALLY BIG friend. He''s real nice and I guess a big baby. But he''s too big to draw in Yotsuba''s sketchbook! So Yotsuba drew Jumbo on the street in front of our house! Cool, huh? But Ena''s friend Miura, who has wheels on her feet, said Yotsuba was bad at drawing...she''s wrong, right? RIGHT!?

Yotsuba is going to school...almost! Fuuka says at school you read and write and do tests! A test is where you write your name at the top and answer questions. Yotsuba got alllll the questions right, so Fuuka gave her a perfect score! And, and, you get to paint with big-girl paints like Ena, wear a backpack, make picture books, and collect pretty rocks! School is gonna be great! …Right?

Everyone''s favorite green-haired five-year-old is back! And this time, Yotsuba''s expanding her horizons by taking a trip to the big city with her dad! The giant amusement park of Tokyo--with all its trains to ride, neighborhoods to explore, and fancy lunches to eat--promises heartwarmingly hilarious adventures in this long-awaited volume!

Yotsuba''s getting a biiiiike, Yotsuba''s getting a biiiiiike!! Didja know the wheels of a bike go round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and roun - oh, Yotsuba''s getting dizzy...whoooooa...

Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese manga format.

Yotsuba loooooves playing games! When Daddy''s the counter at hide-and-seek, he can never find Yotsuba, ''cause I''m such a good hider! And when we go to the park, Yotsuba''s the bestest at swing-tag-shoe-races. Daddy says Yotsuba''s just making up the rules as we go along, but Yotsuba thinks Daddy''s just a sour loser. But maybe Yotsuba will let him win once in a while...

Yotsuba can’t wait to go to school! The teacher will know the names of all the trees and birds that Yotsuba saw while climbing Mount Takao for sure! Daddy didn’t know aaanything—and neither did Yanda, obviously. Daddy was worried the trail might be too hard, but nothing could stop Yotsuba, not even the super-long stairs at the end! Yotsuba found all kinds of cool stuff, but Daddy seemed really interested in finding all the benches for some reason...

Beep-beep-beep! Yotsuba here, and riiiight on schedule! Every day is a fun day, and today''s gonna be even funner than the rest. We''re busy, busy, busy! We should write down a schedule so we don''t forget what we gotta do...like go to the bathroom! And go to the berry gair...um, teddy bear store with Daddy! And try to fly! Omigosh, Yotsuba missed toilet time already! Noooo! What to do?! What to do?!

"First published in Japan in 2004 by Kadokawa Corporation, Tokyo"--Colophon.