It Began With a Page Humourous Stirring words and bold paintings

Stirring words and bold paintings weave their way around our earth

the poor animals are left on their own

appears at court with the challenge of his blood claim

“Solnit’s exquisite essays move between the political and the personal

It Began With a Page Humourous Stirring words and bold paintingsGyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan,