From Sailor to Samurai

Very interesting story. It was a great historical summary of one man's life. I felt that this book was geared more towards older elementary or may young middle school readers as the content would be hard for young minds to comprehend and there are may good discussion points for older kids such as cannibalism and polygamy. Overall I really enjoyed the story and that it was in dual languages. The illustrations were ok, maybe it was format for the Netgalley app but I didn't always feel the illustrations matched the writing which is why I am rating it 4 stars. I do love the cover of the book though. I would recommend to select audiences.

What an interesting story! I minored in East Asian Studies and found this little saga interesting. However, the pictures were kind of odd and it was difficult to tell who the audience was. I do think there need to be a lot more bilingual books, though, because it's one of the best ways to reinforce language skills.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

A short, simple biography of William Adams, an English sailor who was adopted by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu during a time of trade between Europe and Japan. Simple illustrations help make the story more accessible to children for read-aloud. A nice feature is the bilingual nature of the text; with Japanese right under the English passages. An interesting read and timely, given Clavell's Shogun will be turned into a movie soon.