{"id":7982,"date":"1997-03-04T22:22:24","date_gmt":"1997-03-05T02:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7982"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:39:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:39:11","slug":"grandfathers-journey-by-allen-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/grandfathers-journey-by-allen-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Grandfather's<\/a>A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather\u2019s journey from Japan to America, and back to Japan. He comes to understand his grandfather\u2019s feelings of being torn by a sense of being home in two very different countries, and longing for one while in the other.<\/p>\n

Grandfather <\/em>justly won the 1994 Caldecott Medal<\/a>, the highest honor in the U.S. for illustrators. It’s a stupendous combination of poignant storytelling about universal journeys illuminated by spectacular images that live far beyond the page.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 1993<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Grandfather'sA Japanese American man recounts his grandfather\u2019s journey from Japan to America, and back to Japan. He comes to understand his grandfather\u2019s feelings of being torn by a sense of being home in two very different countries, and longing for one while in the other.<\/p>\n

Grandfather <\/em>justly won the 1994 Caldecott Medal<\/a>, the highest honor in the U.S. for illustrators. It’s a stupendous combination of poignant storytelling about universal journeys illuminated by spectacular images that live far beyond the page.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n

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