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International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library - Author's interview for SDGs and Children's Books: What Libraries Can Do
Mottainai Grandma appears in the August 2020 issue of "Highlighting JAPAN", a public relations magazine of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that tells the present of Japan.
Japan Times says Mottainai Grandma spreads her environmental message in new cartoon series
4 picture books from Mottainai Grandma became animation and broadcast globally in 6 languages
Mottainai Grandma's World Exhibition conveys the problem happening around the world and how it's connected with our lives through the story of the children around the world introduced in the UNICEF website. Since the launch of the exhibition in 2008, Japan Committee for UNICEF have cooperated with providing data and photos and have been supporting the Exhibition.
Mottainai Grandma's World Exhibition 2 conveys the problem of endangered animals and biodiversity.
Let's sing and dance with Mottainai Grandma!
Mottainai Grandma's Room for games and more!
Mottanai Grandma Coloring Page, fun games and more!
"Mottainai for Clean India Project", a project to read Mottainai Grandma's picture books to Indian children and improve their awareness of environmental issues, was introduced in National Geographic magazine (India).
On the June 4th 2018, the day before World Environment Day, a storytelling event in the Hindi version of "Mottainai Grandma" was held in a metro train cart in Delhi, India, and nearly 150 children participated.
There is ongoing project to tackle on environment and health education in India with the picture book 'Mottainai Grandma' The government of India, which suffers from illegal dumping of garbage and outdoor excretion, launched the 'Clean India' campaign in October 2014. For the purpose of enlightening children, a project called 'Reforming Children's Awareness' is planned through reading picture books from Japan and a preliminary survey was being conducted.
Let's draw Mottainai Grandma's face with the drawing song
Table for Two in the USA, is the group promoting food education program through washoku Japanese food to the children in the USA. They used Mottainai Grandma's picture book through #OnigiriAction.
Mottainai Grandma's World Exhibition conveys the problem happening around the world and how it's connected with our lives through the story of the children around the world introduced in the UNICEF website. Since the launch of the exhibition in 2008, Japan Committee for UNICEF have cooperated with providing data and photos and have been supporting the Exhibition.
Mottainai Grandma's story telling and workshop were held at the Book Fair for Picture Book and Chidren's Book in Bologna Italy from March 25th till March 28th 2013.
So cute decorative lunch in a Bento box
(ISS) for a long time, received a video reading the picture book "Mottainai Grandma" from space, March 3, 2010, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo It was unveiled at the event of the Otanashi Corps held at Nihon Elementary School.
Appearance in American Media "Mottainai Grandma Reminds Japan 'Don't Waste'" on the program "Morning Edition" of the American public radio broadcast "National Public Radio"
The author, Mariko Shinju, met with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Deputy Environment Minister Kenya Wangari Maathai.
