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The Adventures of Kanichi and Hap

Yasuko Sanborn, 2014

Two young brothers, Kanichi and Hap, join Bard Jon, and the three head off toward the mountains where Hap’s dragon friend lives. They see wondrous places and meet nice people, dwarves, giants, elves, and dragons. One adventure leads to another, as the boys grow older, wiser, and stronger

The Izumi Family – Seven Generations of Sake Making

Sensuke Izumi, 2005

Sensuke Izumi, the seventh-generation head of a Japanese family that brews sake (rice wine), narrates the lives of the seven generations of brewers, their wives, and their relatives, from the mid-18th century to the present.

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2001.09.11- One Worker’s Account

Steven Sanborn, 2005

The photo-journal of a young man who happened to be working a few blocks away from the World Trade Center on Sept 11th, 2001.

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The Adventures of Kanichi and Hap Book II

Yasuko Sanborn, 2020

Only months after Ykoba. Kanichi. and Hap return home from their adventures in Book I. Hap hears a “call” from North land. It comes from a fat magician. Ajja. Kanichi is away in Thelamar, attending a drawing class, but Hap and Ykoba decide to answer the call and head north. Kanichi eventually follows them, with the help of Bard Jon and Hunter Trapper.

And so the adventures of Kanichi and Hap continue.

The Adventures of Kanichi and Hap Book III

Yasuko Sanborn, 2014


Kanichi, the older brother, is now a young teenager; and Hap, th little brother, has just turned ten years old, no longer a helpless little boy. After spending the winter quietly with their mother and friends at Norse Isle, the boys are again caught up in adventures. They find themselves heading to the ogre capital, Onigremachi…