Jim Hubbert
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Ponyo, a female fish, runs away from her home in the sea and ends up stranded on the shore. Sosuke, a five-year-old boy who lives on a cliff, rescues her. He promises to protect Ponyo forever. Ponyo grows very fond of Sosuke, and with the help of her sisters and her father's magic, she becomes human. This results in a great imbalance in the cosmos, causing great storms and floods and satellites to fall from the sky. Ponyo becomes a fish again and...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei have moved to the country to be closer to their ailing mother. While their father is working, the girls explore their sprawling old house and the forest and fields that surround it. Soon, Satsuki and Mei discover Totoro, a magical forest spirit who takes them on fantastic adventures through the trees and the clouds--and teaches them a lesson about trusting one another"--
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When a witch's curse turns young Sophie into an old woman, she leaves home and finds work as a cleaning woman in the moving castle of the mysterious wizard Howl. She makes a deal with Calcifer, a fire demon, to free him from his magical contract with Howl in return for which he will remove Sophie's curse.
Author
Pub. Date
2
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her little sister Mei move into a historic country house with their dad-but the girls don't realize what a delightful adventure awaits them there. while exploring their sprawling home and the beautiful rural area that surrounds it, satsuki and mei meet granny, a sweet old woman, and her timid grandson kanta. they also experience firsthand the magic of the soot sprites, mysterious creatures that live in the walls, and discover...
Author
Series
Miyazaki's spirited away volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The mysterious spirit called No Face wreaks havoc in the bath house, while Chihiro searches for a gravely injured Haku and meets Yubaba's very large son.
Author
Series
Miyazaki's spirited away volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Before Sen can journey to Zeniba's house to find out if Haku's illness is from a curse, she must confront No Face.
11) Spirited away
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents. Chihiro and her parents accidentally wander into another world ruled by witches and monsters. When her parents are captured by the ruler of the world, she tricks the witch into hiring her so she can figure out how to free them.
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.
13) Spirited away
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents. Chihiro and her parents accidentally wander into another world ruled by witches and monsters. When her parents are captured by the ruler of the world, she tricks the witch into hiring her so she can figure out how to free them.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise...