Grandfather's journey

Allen Say First published 1993

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • age:max:8
  • age:min:5
  • award:caldecott_award
  • caldecott medal
  • children's fiction
  • collectionid:caldecott90
  • description and travel
  • fiction
  • gandfathers
  • grade:max:3
  • grade:min:preschool
  • grandfathers
  • grandparents, fiction
  • homesickness
  • immigrants
  • intergenerational relations
  • japanese american families
  • japanese americans
  • japanese americans, fiction
  • japanese, united states, fiction
  • japan, fiction
  • juvenile fiction
  • lexile:650
  • lexile_code:ad
  • lexile_range:601-700
  • manners and customs
  • memory in literature
  • picture books
  • social life and customs
  • travel
  • united states, fiction
  • voyages and travels
  • voyages and travels, fiction
  • young men