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Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Grandfather's Journey

Bibliographic Information: Say, A. (1993) Grandfather's Journey. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin

Annotation: This is the story of Allen Say's grandfather. His grandfather traveled from Japan to the US when he was a child. Throughout his life he travels back and forth between the two places. When he is in Japan he misses California and when he is in California he misses Japan. When Allen gets older he travels to California and loves it as much as his granfather did.

Genre: Culturally Diverse

Grade Level: 3-12

Readers who will like this book: Students with strong connection to grandfather, students who have ever moved and become homesick

Response/Rating: After reading all I could think about what the song bird that he had. The watercolor illustrations really added to the story! 3

Classroom questions: Have you ever moved far away or know somebody who has?
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