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Grandfather's Journey
''Grandfather's Journey'' is a children’s picture book written by Allen Say. The story is told from the perspective of Say, who narrates his grandfather’s immigration between Japan and the United States. Say’s grandfather subsequently moves back to Japan. Released by Houghton Mifflin, the book was positively received by critics and reviewers, and Say received the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1994. ''Grandfather’s Journey'' is often cited as a culturally significant work in its Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, AAPI representation. In 2008, Weston Woods Studios, Inc. made a film based on the book, narrated by B. D. Wong. Plot A young man from Japan, during the Meiji era, crosses the Pacific Ocean and explores the United States. He finds that of all the places he has seen, he likes coastal California best because of the beautiful Sierra Madre Mountains (California), Sierra Mountains. Eventually, he returns home to Japan and marries his childhood sweetheart. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Say
Allen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937; surname written in Japanese) is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator. He is best known for '' Grandfather's Journey'', a children's picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal for illustration. This story is autobiographical and relates to Say's constant moving during his childhood. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese American characters and their stories, and several works have autobiographical elements. Biography Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan on August 28, 1937 to a Japanese American mother (born in San Francisco) and a Korean born father (adopted by British parents and raised in Shanghai). At age 8, his parents got divorced. At age 12, four years after his parents' divorce, Say went to live with his maternal grandmother, but received her permission a short time later to live alone. The boy apprenticed himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |