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Japanese children's book
Mottainai Grandma
AuthorMariko Shinju
Original titleもったいないばあさん
LanguageJapanese
PublisherKodansha
Publication date2004
Publication placeJapan
Websitehttp://mottainai.com/e/

Mottainai Bāsan (もったいないばあさん; English-Japanese and English-Hindi bilingual editions published under the translated title Mottainai Grandma, and also known as The Waste-Not-Want-Not Grandmother or No-Waste Grandma) is the first book from the "Mottainai Grandma" series written by Japanese author Mariko Shinju. The book was published in 2004. The Japanese word mottainai means "don't be wasteful" or "what a waste!"

On January 13, 2018, it was released in Hindi and English translation in New Delhi, India, by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. An earlier Japanese-English bilingual edition (pictured) was published by Kodansha in November 2005.

Shinju started having ideas about writing the book while trying to explain wastefulness to her child.

References

  1. https://guidebookstgc.snagfilms.com/8332_Japan.pdf
  2. Siniawer, Eiko Maruko (2014). ""Affluence of the Heart": Wastefulness and the Search for Meaning in Millennial Japan". The Journal of Asian Studies. 73 (1): 165–186. doi:10.1017/S0021911813001745. JSTOR 43553399.
  3. "Mottainai Grandma Reminds Japan, 'Don't Waste'". NPR.org.
  4. "Waste-battling 'Mottainai Grandma' book gets Hindi, English launch in India". Mainichi Daily News. 15 January 2018.
  5. "Mottainai! "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" Gets Ethical in Japan and Beyond".

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