Allen Say

A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree with paper cranes.

The amazing tricks two American soldiers do on a borrowed bicycle are a fitting finale for the school sports day festivities in a small village in occupied Japan.

A young boy and his father become closer friends during a camping trip in the mountains.

An assignment to paint a large billboard in the desert changes the life of an aspiring artist.

"Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist. Drawing from memory is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as...

"A young boy recounts his friendship with a little sparrow"--

After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.

While sick in bed, a young boy opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a fantastical fishing trip.

A young boy, aware of his grandmother's forgetfulness, helps her recall a time when she was a kindergarten teacher teaching her students about hummingbirds and their nests.

Following a kayaking accident, a man experiences the feelings of children interned during World War II and children on Indian reservations.