Allen Say, Author . Houghton $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-33523-7
A small white rug given to Emma as a baby becomes a kind of blank canvas that inspires her innovative drawings as she grows older. "Say's superb visual images, with the semblance of faultlessly composed photographs, make an indelible mark,&
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Allen Say. Scholastic/Levine, $21.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-545-92761-1
Say (The Inker’s Shadow) tells the haunting story of outsider artist James Castle, a deaf and autistic man whose talent was not recognized until late in his life. Narrating in the voice of Castle’s nephew, Say describes how Castle was born in 1899...
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Allen Say. Scholastic Press, $19.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-545-43776-9
In this companion to Drawing from Memory (2011), Say recalls his life as a teenager in the U.S. after leaving Japan for military school in California at age 15. The school, run by a friend of his father's, later expels Say; they don't think he will...
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Allen Say. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-17662-0
Yuriko’s classroom is an uncomfortable place to be a biracial child. “The new art teacher called me ‘Eureka,’ ” Yuriko tells her father. “I want an American name, Daddy.” Fortunately, Yuriko’s father adores her—hence the book’s title, Say’s nickname
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Allen Say, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-14-037826-9
The Caldecott Medalist draws on his boyhood in postwar Tokyo for this autobiographical novel about a talented boy's artistic education. Ages 10-up. (Feb.)
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Allen Say, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-50933-3
A boy spends a lonely summer with his father, who is so engrossed in work he scarcely notices or talks to his son. Early one Saturday Dad wakes the boy with a surprise: they are going camping, in search of a special lake Dad had visited as a boy....
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Allen Say, Author Walter Lorraine Books $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-85895-0
A deep-gold jacket serves as a portrait frame for the title character's two pivotal moments in this penetrating picture book about a young girl who learns to accept her adopted family. The cover image shows Allison wearing a kimono--a gift from...
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Allen Say, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-74294-5
As a small child, Emma has two noteworthy practices: she stares for long periods at the fuzzy white rug she has had since birth, and she spends quite a bit of time drawing intently. When she enters school and garners many prizes for her artwork, it...
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Allen Say, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-61590-4
A child's unrest over the departure of his grandfather sparks the Caldecott Medalist's provocative new story, which begins with Sam gripped by the thought of ``how small Grandpa had looked waving good-bye.'' Grandpa's destination is not revealed,...
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Allen Say, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6.95 (30p) ISBN 978-0-395-65749-2
The creator of Lost Lake and Tree of Cranes presents a deceptively simple story--characteristically serene in both text and illustrations--about a boy's fantasy fishing excursion with his uncle. Ages 5-8. (Mar.)
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Allen Say, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-48294-0
The illustrator of The Boy of the Three-Year Nap has created a new tale, about Mark, who is sick in bed with a fever and receives an unexpected gift from a favorite unclea small metal box of trout fishing flies. This is no ordinary gift, however;...
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Allen Say, Author . Houghton Mifflin $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-88933-4
With luminous watercolors and economical text, Caldecott Medalist Say (Grandfather's Journey
) tells of an American girl whose ingenuous hopes of reaching “old Japan” are finally realized. The narrative starts off highly truncated:...
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Allen Say, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-47954-2
Caldecott-winner Say (Grandfather's Journey
) has often written about children adrift between the cultures of East and West. Here, he imagines an old man straddling past and present. The kamishibai man of pre-war Japan brought to neighborhood...
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Allen Say, Author . Houghton $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-49537-5
In a starred review, PW
said, "A subtle, sensitive probing of interracial adoption, this exquisitely illustrated story will encourage thoughtful adult-child dialogue on a potentially difficult issue." Ages 4-8. (Aug.)
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Allen Say, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-31118-7
Once again, Say (Home of the Brave
) practically takes one's breath away with the understated beauty of his watercolors. With a photo-like realism, he depicts Alice, an elderly Japanese-American woman, capturing every age spot and laugh line and
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Allen Say, Author, Yang, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-52023-9
Caldecott Honor recipient Say ( The Boy of the Three-Year Nap ) relates the stirring true story of Arizona-born Billy Wong, the first-ever Chinese bullfighter. As Billy grows up, his father tells him, over and over again, ``In America you can be...
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Allen Say, Author, Allen Say, Illustrator Walter Lorraine Books $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-57035-7
Say transcends the achievements of his Tree of Cranes and A River Dream with this breathtaking picture book, at once a very personal tribute to his grandfather and a distillation of universally shared emotions. Elegantly honed text accompanies large,
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Allen Say, Author, Allen Say, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-52024-6
Heedless of Mama's warnings, a Japanese boy cannot resist playing at an ice-cold pond ``filled with carp of bright colors.'' When he comes home, he is immediately treated for a cold, with a hot bath and rice gruel. His mother's attitude chills him...
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Allen Say, Author, Allen Say, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-90495-4
Say's masterfully executed watercolors tell as much of this story about a young woman's challenging transition from America to Japan as his eloquent, economical prose. Raised near San Francisco, Masako (her American friends called her May) is...
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Allen Say, Author, Allen Say, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-97974-7
Like a 1930s cinematographer, Say (Grandfather's Journey), in perhaps his best work to date, pays tribute to a bygone era with a brief slice-of-life story about a boy's encounter with a sign painter. Neither the boy nor the sign painter has a name;...
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Allen Say, Author, Allen Say, Illustrator . Houghton/Lorraine $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-21223-1
Breaking from such previous works as Tea with Milk and Grandfather's Journey, which featured a realistic sequence of events, Caldecott Medalist Say here enters the realm of dream—or rather, nightmare. The opening image shows a man dwarfed
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Allen Say. Scholastic Press, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-338-30037-6
A new child at Almond’s school has dazzling talent: “The New Girl could play ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ so fast that Almond couldn’t see the bee.” Caldecott Medalist Say draws the New Girl’s bow dashing across the strings in a speedy blur. It’s hard...
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Allen Say. Scholastic Press, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-338-30040-6
When Andy, an East Asian–presenting second grader, visits his grandmother, she calls him not his own name, but another: “Willie.” Though the following pages see her mixing the past and present, her earlier days as a kindergarten teacher remain clear
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Allen Say. Clarion, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-324846-5
Drawing this story from his experiences as a child in post-WWII rural Japan, per an author’s note, Say (Miss Irwin) offers a tender narrative about a youth who saves a baby sparrow from a group of village bullies. Though the protagonist usually runs
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