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Found 7 from your keywords: author=Allen Say
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Drawing from memory
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Allen Say

Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist DRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Ja…

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9780545176866
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63 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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741.64092 SAY
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El Chino
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Allen Say

May, at least in my part of the world is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, which I plan to read one children's book, particularly a biography, which pertains to the subject everyday this month. Therefore, I thought that this book would be apropos for today. The text is rather simplistic, straightforward, and informative. Say's text renders Billy's complex story with simplic…

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9780395778753
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32 pages : illustration : 26 cm
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927 SAY
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Tea with milk
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Allen Say

With elegant watercolors, Say has created a moving tribute to his parents and their path to discovering where home really is. The story of his mother and her journey as a young woman is heartfelt. Vividly portraying the graceful formality of Japan, this book effectively captures the struggle between two cultures as May, the young girl in the story, strives to live her own destiny. Full color.

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9780547237473
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32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Grandfather's journey
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Allen Say

Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say delivers a poignant account of his family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries and described the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once: When in one country, he invariably misses the other. His grandfather, he tells us, would understand.

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9780395570357
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32 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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The bicycle man
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Allen Say

The amazing tricks two American soldiers perform on a borrowed bicycle are a fitting finale for the school sports day festivities in a small village in occupied Japan.

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9780395322543
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41 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Grandfather's journey
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Allen Say

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 readersâ€â€¦

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9780547076805
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32 pages : illustration ; 29 cm
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F62
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How my parents learned to eat
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Ina R. FriedmanAllen Say

In World War II Japan, an American sailor and a Japanese woman learn the proper way to eat food in each other's cultures -- with a fork and knife and with chopsticks. Once married, they practice both customs with their daughter. An American sailor courts a young Japanese woman and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way of eating.

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9780395442357
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30 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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F61