Aya and Her Magic Cat: A Graphic Novel
Regular price
€18.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Sam Ita
Author_Sam Ita
Category=XQM
Category=YFH
Category=YFHD
eq_bestseller
eq_childrens
eq_fiction
eq_graphic-novels-manga
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_new_release
eq_nobargain
eq_teenage-young-adult
magic graphic novel interactive activities for middle school grade origami project instructions mystical cat adventure japanese asian manga comic style tween girl paper diy fantasy supernatural pets anime learn how to fold origami cross-cultural multicult
Product details
- ISBN 9784805319987
- Weight: 244g
- Dimensions: 165 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 05 May 2026
- Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
What happens when origami paper models magically spring to life?
This exciting graphic novel tells the story of Aya Wada, a teenage girl who visits her relatives in Japan and unknowingly adopts a powerful feline Kami spirit named Neko, who follows her home to America. Each chapter tells an amusing story about how Neko brings Aya's folded origami paper models to life—literally!
Follow along as Aya and Neko create magic, memories and a little mayhem wherever they go:
Each chapter includes instructions for a simple origami model that readers can fold using the illustrated tear-out folding papers that are included at the back of the book.
This exciting graphic novel tells the story of Aya Wada, a teenage girl who visits her relatives in Japan and unknowingly adopts a powerful feline Kami spirit named Neko, who follows her home to America. Each chapter tells an amusing story about how Neko brings Aya's folded origami paper models to life—literally!
Follow along as Aya and Neko create magic, memories and a little mayhem wherever they go:
- Neko reveals her existence on the return trip from Japan, helping Aya conjure up her first enchanted origami
- Aya folds a paper cockroach that scuttles across the floor of the school cafeteria, creating utter chaos!
- A paper dove pulled from a magician's hat during a talent show becomes an attacking bird demon!
- An origami fortune-teller model projects weird and wonderful images on Aya's bedroom ceiling
- Neko produces an animated paper puppet to illustrate how the spirit world can intersect with origami
- Aya and Neko team up to use their magical-origami talents to comfort a distraught preschooler at the playground
Each chapter includes instructions for a simple origami model that readers can fold using the illustrated tear-out folding papers that are included at the back of the book.
Sam Ita studied graphic design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and has developed a successful career as a paper engineer and author. He worked with Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, collaborating on many bestselling pop-up books including America the Beautiful and Encyclopedia Prehistorica, and has produced Christmas cards for the Museum of Modern Art. Sam draws inspiration from comics, origami and machines, applying his craft to publishing, advertising, animation, display and toy design. His creations include Christmas Tree In-a-Box and Flying Dragons Paper Airplane Kit. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
