Erika-San
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0618889337 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Closure to Grandfather's Journey Say has written and illustrated another fine book about America and Japan. In this book, a young girl yearns to live in a house like the one in a picture on the wall at her grandmother's. In a way, Erika wants to be Japanese. Erika studies Japanese, then travels to Japan, ending up in a remote village with a house like the one in the picture; here she feels a sense of peace and of being at home. Exquisite art really helps move the story and allow the reader to visualize what is not said in the words. Erika-San brings the circle begun in Grandfather's Journey t. "Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children" according to Yana V. Rodgers. Ever since that fateful day when Erika first saw her grandmother's framed print of a lovely Japanese cottage, Erika wanted to learn all about Japan. She loved hearing Japanese folktales at bedtime, she studied Japanese language from middle school through college, and she left for a teaching job in Tokyo immediately after her college graduation.Unfortunately, Tokyo caught her by surprise with its enormity and complete lack of anything resembling that serene cottage from her grandmother's print. The employment agency had another job for her in a smaller city, bu. Inspiring and beautiful story Wonderful book for all ages(kids and adults) I'm from Japan, and this book captures true image of Japan. Say's beautiful water color illustration is stunning and brings me the memory of "Old traditional Japanese town" I love. The story started out a picture of a cottage from Japan. Erika loved it and dreamed going there. She studied Japanese all student years, and found a job in Japan after her graduate from collage. Not many people pursue their childhood dream, and this happy ending story would inspire many young readers who can dream, and actually make it ha
Even as a small girl, Erika loved that picture.It will pull her through childhood, across vast oceans and modern cities, then into towns—older, quieter places—she has only ever dreamed about.But Erika cannot truly know what she will find there, among the rocky seacoasts, the rice paddies, the circle of mountains, and the class of children.For Erika-san, can Japan be all that she has imagined?. Caldecott Medalist Allen Say creates a beautiful story about an American girl who seeks adventure in Japan and discovers more than she could have imagined.In her grandmother’s house there is one Japanese print of a small house with lighted windows
The pace changes, becoming almost folkloric as Say presents the country through Erika's eyes. Unable to remember her Japanese, she sees Tokyo as a hundred cities all crammed together and knows that she will not find her house there. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. After moving to and rejecting a second location (it's picture-pretty, but too noisy), she lands in the right spot. Say sprinkles Japanese words and definitions smoothly into the story as Erika surprises a male colleague (and readers) with the thoroughness with which she pursues her dream. With luminous watercolors and economical text, Caldecott Medalist Say (Grandfather's Journey) tells of an American