Hand in Hand
The Secret of the Blue Glass
By Tomiko Inui (Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)
6 Nov, 2024
Translation
Tomiko Inui’s 1967 The Secret of the Blue Glass is a historical fantasy children’s book. First published in Japanese as Kokage No Ie No Kobitotachi (Yuri and the Little People), the 2017 English translation is by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
English teacher Miss MacLachlan returns to England having spent twenty years teaching Japanese children. Before she leaves, Miss MacLachlan bequeaths a very special responsibility to her young student Tatsuo Moriyama. Tatsuo and his family are now the guardians of two Little People, Balbo and Fern Ashe.