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Japanese Americans in Children's Books

Karen Woodworth Roman "www.librarians.info" (DeKalb, IL)
Qualifications: Librarian&E. Asian Studies BA

Kira-Kira (Newbery Medal Book) by Cynthia Kadohata
$11.02 Used & New from: $7.05
This beautifully written Newbery Award winner chronicles the childhood of Japanese American sisters growing up in the segregated south.

Music for Alice by Allen Say
$11.05 Used & New from: $8.99
With Alice, Say puts a face on the experience of the Japanese American's who were relocated during WWII.

Two Mrs. Gibsons by Toyomi Igus
$7.95 Used & New from: $4.79
Young Japanese African American girl tells of the two Mrs. Gibsons in her life. Her mother from Japan and her grandmother from Tennessee.

Butterflies for Kiri by Cathryn Falwell
$11.02 Used & New from: $6.09
Tells how Kiri learns to make origami and explains how to read instructions in an origami book.

Heroes by Ken Mochizuki
$15.25
A boy is bullied for being a Japanese American some years after WWII. He learns that a hero's actions speak louder than words.

Fighting For Honor : Japanese Americans and World War II by Michael L. Cooper
$11.70 Used & New from: $3.24
This book is a good introductory discussion of the experience of Japanese issei and Japanese Americans nisei and sansei who were relocated during WWII.

Whale Talk (Laurel Leaf Books) by Chris Crutcher
$6.50 Used & New from: $2.19
A multiracial Japanese American starts a swim team for the school outcasts.

Ironman by Chris Crutcher
Used & New from: $0.44
Bo Brewster is training for the Ironman Triathlon. He tells a teacher off and ends up in an anger management class run by a Japanese American cowboy. Bo finds new challenges and some unlikely new frie

Home of the Brave by Allen Say
$11.05 Used & New from: $3.75
Say's nightmarish "memory" of the Japanese internment camps during WWII.

Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki
$11.02 Used & New from: $3.08
A boy and his father investigate a report of ghosts in the neighborhood.

Japanese Americans (Spirit of America Our Cultural Heritage) by Melissa McDaniel
$27.07 Used & New from: $3.73
Simple, basic and slightly uneven introduction to Japanese Americans.

Kids Explore America's Japanese American Heritage (Kids Explore America'sheritage) by Muir Publications John
Used & New from: $2.67
Children research Japan and Japanese American heritage. Excellent variety of topics covered.

The Japanese American Family Album (American Family Albums) by Dorothy Hoobler
$16.95 Used & New from: $5.34
Filled with primary sources and photographs. Informative for all ages.

Japanese Americans (One Nation Set 2) by Nichol Bryan
$14.81 Used & New from: $12.42
An Ok introduction.

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