num_pages: 40
description: "A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school. Pictures and text of moving and harmonious simplicity". - Saturday Review.
language: English
title: Crow Boy
titlecomplete: Crow Boy
genres: Asia, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Cultural, Childrens, Teachers, School, Picture Books, Fiction, Japan
ratings_count: 1702
places: Japan
awards: awardedAt: -441820800000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: -473356800000
name: Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education)
publisher: Puffin Books