Houghton Mifflin, 1988
Caldecott Honor, 1989 A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son. Reading Level: 3.7; Accelerated Reader: 3.7
Houghton Mifflin, 1993
Caldecott Medal, 1994 A Japanese-American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America, which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. Reading Level: 4.2; Accelerated Reader: 3.6
In Search of the Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan,
by Sheila Hamanaka.
Morrow Junior Books, 1999
Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures,
artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing,
bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaking, Noh theater,
and neriage ceramics. Reading Level: 7.3; Accelerated Reader: 6.4
Alladin, 1992
After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family try to reconstruct their lives amidst strong anti-Japanese feelings which breed fear, distrust, and violence. Reading Level: 6.1
National Geographic, 2001
Presents the stories of American and Japanese survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by Japanese forces on the morning of December 7, 1941, and includes photographs. Reading Level: 6.7; Accelerated Reader: 6.1
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. Reading Level: 4.6; Accelerated Reader: 3.8
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1992
A Japanese folk tale about the brave daughter of a samurai warrior and her journey to be reunited with her exiled father.
Seven Gods of Luck, by David Kudler
Houghton Mifflin, 1997
Two poor Japanese children hope to be able to celebrate New Year's Day
properly, and because of their kindness and with the help of the Seven
Gods of Luck, they are.
Reading Level: 5.8
Beech Tree Books, 1994
A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II. Reading Level: 6.0
Kids Can Press, 2003
A little girl declares that on the first day of school she will wear the kimono that her grandmother brought her during her visit from Japan, no matter what anyone says.
Reading Level: 4.4; Accelerated Reader: 3.9
Houghton Mifflin, 1999
"Walter Lorraine books." After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place. Reading Level: 6.1; Accelerated Reader: 3.7
