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The Big Bath House

You'll walk down the street / Your aunties sounding like clip-clopping horses / geta-geta-geta / in their wooden sandals / Until you arrive... / At the bath house / The big bath house.

In this celebration of Japanese culture and family and naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, join a little girl — along with her aunties and grandmother — at a traditional bath house. Once there, the rituals leading up to the baths begin: hair washing, back scrubbing, and, finally, the wood barrel drumroll. Until, at last, it's time, and they ease their bodies — their creased bodies, newly sprouting bodies, saggy, jiggly bodies — into the bath. Ahhhhhh!

With a lyrical text and gorgeous illustrations that include age-appropriate nudity of diverse women's bodies, this picture book is based on Kyo Maclear's loving memories of childhood visits to Japan, and is an ode to the ties that bind generations of women together.

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"Maclear and Zhang portray with great warmth the nourishment offered by this cultural institution, making clear to readers the ritual’s cozy, home-away-from-home feeling. In this treasured familial memory grounded in a specific place, tender nakedness resolves into an undressing of both emotional and physical selves: 'You’ll reach for Baachan’s hand, and she’ll reach for yours./ And it’ll be understood.'" — Publishers Weekly

Product Details

Recommended Age 4 - 8
Author Kyo Maclear
Illustrator Gracey Zhang
ISBN 0593181956
Publication Date Nov 16, 2021
Publisher Random House Studio
Language English