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Unicef appointed tetsuko kuroyanagi to goodwill ambassador in 1984, making her the first international unicef goodwill ambassador. Noriko kuroyanagi biography, pictures, credits,quotes and more. Tetsuko kuroyanagi is a japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, world wide fund for nature advisor, and goodwill ambassador for unicef. Totto chan, a lively young girl is expelled from her first school. Tottochan by tetsuko kuroyanagi, 9780870116957, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Shop amongst our popular books, including 3, tottochan, chinese simp doudou by window and more from tetsuko kuroyanagi. The little girl at the window, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. Her mother, worried about her daughters future, takes her to a new school called tomoe gakuen which has an unconventional method of teaching started by the principal mr kobayashi. Madogiwa no tottochan in 1981, and became an instant bestseller in japan. The movie character tetsuko kuroyanagi is a child with to neck length brown hair and black eyes.
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