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Japanese Internment- Elementary Level
Blue Jay in the Desert Picture Book By Marlene Shigekawa; illustrations by Isao Kikuchi

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Passage to Freedom-The Sugihara Story Picture Book
by Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee

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=Review: Internment Books for Kids=

Titles Sensitively Address Tough Themes of Discrimination and Friendship in Wartime
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, AAV Contributing Editor

[|The Bracelet] / [|Flowers from Mariko] / [|Baseball Saved Us] / [|Heroes] / [|Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story] / [|So Far from the Sea] / [|Farewell to Manzanar] / [|The Children of Topaz] / [|Blue Jay in the Desert] ||
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I did not mean to introduce my children to the history of Japanese Americans and the internment camps at so young an age. It was an accident. I was reading a book aloud to my children without previewing it myself first because I was on deadline and had to write a review of it that night. Don’t ever do this. Then I turned a page, and there was a picture of fair-haired American soldiers pointing rifles at a room full of people that looked like us. My children, only two and three years old at the time, were frightened and confused. Oops. Like I said, don’t ever do it this way. On the positive side, since they were introduced to it at such a young age, they have always known about it. I never had to steel myself for "The Talk" to explain it to them. Given the choice, I am sure I would have put it off for as long as I could, maybe even forever. I certainly understand now why many of the Issei and Nisei who lived in the camps did not tell the Sansei and Yonsei generations—something I did not understand at all before I had children and had to explain it myself. Luckily there are now many wonderful books to make this difficult story a little easier to explain. Some of these have been included in my earlier reviews of picture books about growing up Asian American, but some were fresh, recent discoveries for me approaching the February 19 Day of Remembrance. Two titles, by the wonderful JA author Ken Mochizuki, are not about internment, but nonetheless feature nikkei characters thoughtfully and movingly portrayed against a backdrop of war. All are worthy readings that sensitively broach tough but important themes of discrimination and friendship, war and courage, injustice and reconciliation. In this sense, all can be enriching and relevant for parents and kids of any background, in any era. -- Frances

[|The Bracelet] By Yoshiko Uchida, Illustrated by Joanna Yardley Putnam & Grosset Group, New York, 1976, 1993, 1996 ISBN Number: 0-698-11390-X Just before seven year old Emi leaves home for the internment camps with her family, her best friend Laurie Madison comes to say goodbye and give her a bracelet. Emi puts it on immediately and promises never to take it off. However, in the course of going to the check-in center, taking the bus to Tanforan Racetracks, and settling into the horse stall that is to be their home until they go another camp in the Utah desert, Emi loses the bracelet, the one thing that would help her remember her best friend. Then she realizes that she can remember those she carries in her heart without things like photos or bracelets. A story of friendship which gently introduces the history of the Japanese American internment camps. Also by Yoshiko Uchida (Donald Carrick, illustrator): Journey to Topaz.

Flowers from Mariko By R. Noguchi & D. Jenks, Illustrated by M. Reiko Kumata ISBN Number: 1584300329

Mariko's family has been freed from a Japanese-American internment camp, but the transition hasn't been easy. Because her father's truck has disappeared, he can't start up his gardening business, and the family must move to a trailer park. One day, Mariko's father gives her two seed envelopes. She plants the seeds and even serenades them. However, Mariko's father is so preoccupied that he doesn't notice her garden—until he hears her singing. At last he smiles. Flowers from Mariko tells of a family striving to re-establish their lives—through hope, perseverance, and love.

Baseball Saved Us By Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee ISBN Number: 1880000199 In a desert landscape surrounded by barbed wire and guards with guns, Japanese Americans set out to build a baseball field in their internment camp. Told by a young boy, this narrative displays the strength of a group of people having to endure injustice and degradation. Baseball provides the source of strength with everyone working to make uniforms and clear the field. Awards: Parents’ Choice Award, Publishers Weekly Best Multicultural Title, Lee and Low Books Award Winner.

Heroes By Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee ISBN Number: 1880000164

Set in the 1960’s against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, Donnie, a Japanese American boy, grows tired of always playing the bad guy when playing war with his friends just because he "looked like them." His father and uncle served in the US Army, and Donnie must to prove this to his friends while his family discourages him from playing army. "Real heroes don't brag" is the message encouraged by his uncle. The underdog heroes are celebrated with honor and dignity without the bravado of today’s media messages. Also available in a Spanish version. Awards: Teachers’ Choice Award, Smithsonian Notable Children’s Book.

Passage to Freedom - The Sugihara Story By Ken Mochizuki, Illustrated by Dom Lee

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