The story of how Wisconsin author Sterling North's book "Rascal" became a Japanese anime "Araiguma Rascal" known the world over... A book coming in 2026.
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I am searching for more personal stories from people who like "Rascal" everywhere... Please message me if you'd like to be part of my book. #AraigumaRascal #あらいぐまラスカル #Mapache #Waschbär #ЄНОТИКРАСКАЛЬ #الراكونراسكال #orsetto #رامکال #미국너구리라스칼 #浣熊拉斯卡爾
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AI bros hate all artists, but they especially hate artists who are beginners or working on getting to good, because even a beginner has courage that AI bros lack. It takes courage to start learning and keep going when your skills don't yet match your vision.
Someone used grok on my new OC, oh I am exposing this evil person! I do not give you permission to use my art for Ai and do not want my art used for Ai! I have grok turned off so how did this s@#% happen!Report and block immediately! 😡
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CSA material. Both the use of it and the production of it. Sterling North was not an artist, he was a writer who wrote one childrens book and his issue was the subjects of comics, not the art.
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My office has been in Jefferson, Wisconsin for many years. I can't believe we were visited by the Japanese ambassador as well as the top man at Kikkoman. biztimes.com/viewpoints-japa…
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Sterling North - Wikipedia
ラスカル2頭おるんやけど en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterli…
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Starring Rascal retweeted
In Edgerton, Wisconsin, I visited the childhood home of Sterling North. The Japanese anime classic inspired by his autobiographical tale has been loved for decades. It's remarkable how a boy's story continues to build lasting bridges between Japan and the US! -Ambassador Yamada
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In Edgerton, Wisconsin, I visited the childhood home of Sterling North. The Japanese anime classic inspired by his autobiographical tale has been loved for decades. It's remarkable how a boy's story continues to build lasting bridges between Japan and the US! -Ambassador Yamada
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His Excellency Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador of Japan to the USA, visited the Sterling North Museum yesterday. @JpnCons_Chicago #あらいぐまラスカル
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Shown here with Consul-General Yuichi Oba and Andrew Seaborg, Honorary Consul of Wisconsin, while walking from the Museum to the library, past the church.
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During the tour of the Museum, I believe Oba-san began to sing "Rock River E," the theme song of Nippon Animation's "Araiguma Rascal." @Rascal_tweet
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ウィスコンシン州でスタンプラリーに出かけましょう！ #AraigumaRascal #あらいぐまラスカル #Mapache #Waschbär #ЄНОТИКРАСКАЛЬ #الراكونراسكال #orsetto #رامکال #미국너구리라스칼 #浣熊拉斯卡爾
Who wants to join me on a stamp rally in Wisconsin? rascaltrail.org/
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Who wants to join me on a stamp rally in Wisconsin? rascaltrail.org/
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I have been asked or seen this question asked more than once. What books can I get for my kid to get them engaged in reading that don't have any garbage in them?
A dad on here asked what to get his 9-year-old who's tearing through the boys' classics. Here's all of the suggestions, every book the thread named, plus some of my own suggestions. Authors and recommended ages included. Save it for the next decade of birthdays.
I will do a list for girls next
Ages = reading it alone. Most work years earlier as read-alouds.
🪓 SURVIVAL & WILDERNESS
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen (9–12)
Brian's Winter + the other Hatchet sequels, Gary Paulsen (9–12)
My Side of the Mountain trilogy, Jean Craighead George (8–12)
The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare (9–12)
Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell (9–12)
Snow Treasure, Marie McSwigan (8–11)
Woodsong, Gary Paulsen (10–13)
Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl (11+)
Canoeing with the Cree, Eric Sevareid (11+)
🐕 A BOY AND HIS DOG (stock up on tissues)
Old Yeller, Fred Gipson (9–12)
Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls (9–12)
Summer of the Monkeys, Wilson Rawls (9–12)
The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (10–13)
Stone Fox, John Reynolds Gardiner (7–10)
Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (8–11)
Big Red, Jim Kjelgaard, then everything else he wrote (9–12)
Kavik the Wolf Dog + Gentle Ben, Walt Morey (9–12)
Rascal, Sterling North (9–12)
The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford (8–12)
The Call of the Wild, Jack London (10–13)
White Fang, Jack London (10–13)
🐎 HORSES & THE WEST
The Black Stallion series, Walter Farley (8–12)
Misty of Chincoteague + all Marguerite Henry (8–11)
Black Beauty, Anna Sewell (8–12)
Smoky the Cowhorse, Will James (10–13)
Little Britches series, Ralph Moody (9–13)
Farmer Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder (8–11)
The Mr. Tucket series, Gary Paulsen (9–12)
Hank the Cowdog series, John R. Erickson (7–10)
Shane, Jack Schaefer (11+)
Hondo, then the rest of Louis L'Amour (11+)
⚓ SWASHBUCKLERS & THE SEA
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (9–13)
Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson (10–13)
The Black Arrow, Robert Louis Stevenson (10–13)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, then all of Jules Verne (10–13)
Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling (10–13)
The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (8–12)
The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss (9–12)
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe (11+)
Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome (8–12)
The Twenty-One Balloons, William Pène du Bois (8–12)
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie (8–11)
King Solomon's Mines, H. Rider Haggard (11+)
The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle (10–13)
The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas (11+)
Horatio Hornblower series, C.S. Forester (11+)
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway (11+)
🇺🇸 AMERICAN HISTORY & AMERICANA
Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes (10–13)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Jean Lee Latham (9–12)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain (9–12)
Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (11+)
Rifles for Watie, Harold Keith (11+)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare (10–13)
Ben and Me + Mr. Revere and I, Robert Lawson (8–11)
Sinopah the Indian Boy, James Willard Schultz (8–11)
The Young Trailers + Civil War series, Joseph Altsheler (10–13)
Childhood of Famous Americans / Landmark Books, the biography sets (8–11)
🏰 KNIGHTS, ROMANS & THE OLD WORLD
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle (9–13)
The Eagle of the Ninth, then all Rosemary Sutcliff (10–13)
The Bronze Bow, Elizabeth George Speare (10–13)
Detectives in Togas, Henry Winterfeld (8–12)
Rolf and the Viking Bow, Allen French (10–13)
The Once and Future King, T.H. White (12+)
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (8–12)
G.A. Henty, pick any, there are 100 (10–13)
He Went with Marco Polo + He Went with Hannibal, Louise Andrews Kent (9–12)
The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain (10–13)
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry (9–12)
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman, Brian Jacques (10–13)
Hans Brinker, Mary Mapes Dodge (9–12)
Heidi, Johanna Spyri (8–11)
Biggles series, W.E. Johns (9–13)
🔍 DETECTIVES, CAPERS & SCHEMERS
The Great Brain series, John D. Fitzgerald (8–12)
Encyclopedia Brown, Donald J. Sobol (7–10)
The Hardy Boys, Franklin W. Dixon (8–11)
Nancy Drew, Carolyn Keene (8–11)
The Happy Hollisters, Jerry West (7–10)
Homer Price, Robert McCloskey (7–10)
Henry Reed, Inc., Keith Robertson (8–12)
The Mad Scientists' Club, Bertrand Brinley (9–13)
Basil of Baker Street, Eve Titus (7–10)
Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle (11+)
The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart (9–13)
Tintin, Hergé (8+)
😂 FUNNY & TROUBLEMAKERS
Danny the Champion of the World, Roald Dahl (8–11)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory + James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl (7–10)
Fantastic Mr Fox + The BFG, Roald Dahl (7–10)
Harris and Me, Gary Paulsen (10–13)
A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck (9–13)
Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli (9–12)
Henry Huggins series, Beverly Cleary (7–10)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney (8–11)
Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey (7–9)
Holes, Louis Sachar (9–13)
Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (10–13)
🦢 ANIMALS & GENTLE CLASSICS
Charlotte's Web + Stuart Little + The Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White (7–11)
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (8–12)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O'Brien (8–12)
Watership Down, Richard Adams (10–13)
The Wheel on the School, Meindert DeJong (8–11)
Mountain Born, Elizabeth Yates (8–11)
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (8–12)
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (10–13)
The Wild Robot, Peter Brown (8–11)
🐉 FANTASY
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (9–12)
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (11+)
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis (8–12)
The Book of Three (Chronicles of Prydain), Lloyd Alexander (9–12)
The Dark Is Rising sequence, Susan Cooper (10–13)
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin (11+)
Redwall, Brian Jacques (9–12)
The Wingfeather Saga, Andrew Peterson (8–12)
The Green Ember, S.D. Smith (8–12)
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster (8–12)
The Wizard of Oz + sequels, L. Frank Baum (7–10)
The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks (8–11)
The Castle in the Attic, Elizabeth Winthrop (8–11)
The Spiderwick Chronicles, DiTerlizzi & Black (7–10)
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle (9–13)
Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling (8–12)
Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan (9–12)
Gregor the Overlander, Suzanne Collins (8–12)
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket (8–12)
Ranger's Apprentice, John Flanagan (10–13)
🚀 SCI-FI
Have Space Suit, Will Travel + Citizen of the Galaxy, Robert Heinlein (10–13)
The White Mountains (Tripods trilogy), John Christopher (10–13)
The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells (11+)
The Giver, Lois Lowry (11+)
Nightfall + the Foundation trilogy, Isaac Asimov (12+)
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury (12+)
Vault of the Ages, Poul Anderson (11+)
📚 EASY FUEL FOR THE HABIT
I Survived series, Lauren Tarshis (7–10)
Bear Grylls survival series (8–11)
Survive Alaska choose-your-adventure series (8–11)
Classics Illustrated comics (8+)
Whitman juveniles, Roy Rogers, Lassie, etc. (8–11)
🛠️ REAL LIFE & HOW-TO
The American Boy's Handy Book, Daniel Carter Beard (9+)
The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn & Hal Iggulden (8+)
A George Washington Carver biography (8–11)
Make Your Bed, Adm. William McRaven (12+, or a family read-aloud)
The Gospel of John (all ages)
🥃 THE 12+ SHELF (they age well)
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
Moby-Dick, Herman Melville (13+)
The Mutiny on the Bounty trilogy, Nordhoff & Hall
The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane
True Grit, Charles Portis
Ivanhoe, Walter Scott
Tarzan of the Apes + A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Sea-Wolf + "To Build a Fire", Jack London
The Old Man and the Boy, Robert Ruark
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
1984 + Animal Farm, George Orwell
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
That's ~150 books: everything the thread named plus the gaps it left. Post what's still missing below and I'll add it to the master list.
My 9YO is loving reading all the boys classics. Here’s some of what he’s read so far. What should we get him next?
Hatchet
Huckleberry Finn
American Boys Handy Book
The call of the wild
Treasure island
James and the giant peach
My side of the mountain
Charlie and the chocolate factory
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You can visit the setting of "Rascal," author Sterling North's childhood home, as it is restored as a museum in Edgerton, Wisconsin. sterlingnorthsociety.com/
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My kid recently started reading independently and is on something of a reading bender. I bought him the entire Tintin collection and he is devouring it. One book per night, every night. I am running out of books and need ideas, fast
Books like Tintin. Adventure & virtue. Hit me
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Book suggestions for a nearly 9 yo boy who loves Farmer Boy, My Side of the Mountain, Pippi Longstocking etc?
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I am excited to learn that the Ambassador of Japan to the USA, Shigeo Yamada, will be visiting the Sterling North Museum in Edgerton, Wisconsin on September 18, and presenting a gift of a Library of Japan to the public library there.
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I would love to buy a copy of this... I saw an eBay auction that ended a few weeks ago. I wonder what stories it tells about Rascal?
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Should come to the town where my dad and I own a building, called Edgerton in Wisconsin.
It is known for the story Rascal by Sterling North that is apparently a popular anime in Japan, many Japanese come to visit! Lol ... I almost opened a VR Arcade while I was living there.
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