Hayao Miyazaki

"Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects. It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and...

Summary: The companion book to the beloved animation classic My Neighbor Totoro, by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki. Featuring artwork taken directly from the movie, this updated edition will allow parents and children to relive Totoro's magical adventures with scene-by-scene illustrations and character dialogue. Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei have moved to the country to be closer to their ailing mother. While...

The epic coming-of-age tale of Nausicaa, a compassionate princess warrior striving to negotiate peace between kingdoms battling over the last of the planet's precious natural resources

Nausicaä is the princess of a rural valley that lives at peace on the edge of a deadly fungal wasteland, until a ship carrying a weapon from a bygone industrial age crashes nearby. When warriors from a far country come to retrieve the artifact, their invasion draws Nausicaä and her people into a sprawling political conflict. Set 1,000 years after a global war that nearly destroyed all life on Earth.

After moving to the country to be near their ailing mother, two young sisters are befriended by a variety of mysterious creatures.

An epic fantasy about the princess of a small kingdom who becomes involved in a war, while environmental disaster threatens the survival of humankind. On her journey, she struggles to bring about a peaceful coexistence among the people of her world, as well as between humanity and nature

A young princess with an empathic connection to animals and to the Ohmu, giant insects created by a war-time ecological disaster that nearly destroyed civilization, struggles to keep peace between the kingdoms of survivors that vie for the world's natural resources, as well as protect them from the encroaching toxic forest.

The Ohmu, giant insects created by a wartime ecological disaster that nearly destroyed civilization, try desperately to warn Princess Nausicaa, a young woman struggling to keep the peace between kingdoms of survivors, about the encroaching danger of the southern forest.

Nausicaa, a young princess in a world beset by ecological disaster, works to keep the peace between the empires that exist along the edge of the toxic Sea of Corruption, but her task becomes more difficult when she learns that Lord Miralupa has created a mutant mold spore that is growing out of control.