Allen Say
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A picture book masterpiece from Caldecott medal winner Allen Say now available in paperback!
Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say's Grandfather's Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man's love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers' attention and hearts. Fifteen years later, it remains
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In his Caldecott acceptance speech for GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, Allen Say told of his difficulty in separating his dreams from reality. For him this separation was not as important as finding a meaning behind the contradictions and choices we all must make in life and their consequences.
Early one morning a boy comes into town, hungry, and looking for work. He meets a sign painter who takes him on as a helper. The boy yearns to be a painter. The man...
6) Almond
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English
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The New Girl at school plays the violin so beautifully that Almond gets lost in the music, but she also feels sad because she does not know if she herself has any talent at all--until the school play, when with the encouragement of her mother, her teacher, and the New Girl, she finds she has a talent for acting.
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At home in San Francisco, May speaks Japanese and the family eats rice and miso soup and drinks green tea. When she visits her friends' homes, she eats fried chicken and spaghetti. May plans someday to go to college and live in an apartment of her own. But when her family moves back to Japan, she soon feels lost and homesick for America. In Japan everyone calls her by her Japanese name, Masako. She has to wear kimonos and sit on the floor. Poor May...
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Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.
10) A river dream
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Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1988
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English
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While sick in bed, a young boy opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a fantastical fishing trip.
11) Erika-san
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Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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After falling in love with Japan as a little girl, Erika becomes a teacher and fulfills her childhood dream by moving to a remote Japanese island.
12) Emma's rug
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Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1996
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English
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A young artist finds that her creativity comes from within when the rug that she had always relied upon for inspiration is destroyed.
13) El Chino
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Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1990
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English
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A biography of Bill Wong, a Chinese American who became a famous bullfighter in Spain.