Mina's Matchbox cats 21st-century take on an ever-popular

21st-century take on an ever-popular topic

each entry provides the herb or spice’s scientific and common names

this still life is anything but static

through the artworks and the objects in the context of the exhibition and the museum

The third title in the Story Orchestra series

Mina's Matchbox cats 21st-century take on an ever-popularAfter the death of her father, twelve year old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life. The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing