Grandfather's Journey
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547769370 (0547769377)
Publish date: November 5th 2013
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Grandfather's Journey is a book about a young boy who retells his grandfather's journey coming from Japan to America. The text illustrates all of the obstacles and hardships his grandfather had to overcome while inhabiting a new country. This text can be used in a 3-5th grade classroom during a less...
I took my niece to the library on Sunday and we ended up sitting right next to the Caldecott winners. I've been wanting to read Grandfather' Journey for awhile so I picked it up. It's a good story (though I object to the "white, black, red, yellow men" bit... those aren't the exact words Say uses,...
I really really enjoyed this book. Short sentences and great story telling that all children will enjoy.
I loved this book. The illustrations were evocative and sensitively done, and the text was deceptively simple. One for the permanent collection.