Grandfather's Journey

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Summary: Award winner
Review: I read Grandfather's Journey. This book was a caldecott winner. The reason that I think it was a Caldecott winner was because it had very good pictures. The books are for younger kids, so the pictures help with keeping their attention on the book. The book is also very predictable, so younger people can understand it better. There was a conflict in the book. The grandfather could not decide whether to go to California or to stay at his home in Japan. This book is a good book, and you should read it too.

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Summary: Exceptional, simple yet thought provoking!
Review: I thought the book was exceptional. It is simple in its own way, yet it can also be very thought provoking. The story covers such topics as love of country, war, happiness, disappointments, and adventure. It is a book that young children can enjoy in its simplicity and beauty but it can also be enjoyed by older children and adults in a reflective sort of way. The book also has beautiful illustrations which must be mentioned.

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Summary: Caldecott Medal winner
Review: The book Grandfathers Journey is a good children's book because the pictures are very colorful and the words are very descriptive.
The narrator, the main character's grandson, is telling about how his grandfather traveled the world, and that he liked California the best of all. He staid there, and met his grandmother, got married and had a son. But he had longed for his home back in Japan. So he moved with his wife to Japan. After awhile he started missing California, and went back,then he started going back and fourth. Then he died in Japan.

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Summary: Caldecott Medal winner
Review: The pictures throughout this book are striking. Even without having known a thing about it, the cover of this book was familiar to me the minute I picked it up. Though I've only seen it briefly in bookstores and libraries, Say's illustrations do not leave a person's mind readily. Most beautiful, to my mind, are his drawings of his elderly grandfather, as well as the evocative shots of cities and mountains in the United States. Say tackles a subject that I've rarely seen even acknowledged in children's literature. It is the notion of forever being homesick for the other towns and cities you've grown to love in your life. I don't know how well this can be conveyed to children. Quite possibly, kids reading this story will understand what the author is saying on a much smaller level. If a person explains to a kid that it is like missing school/camp/a grandparent's house when one is home and vice versa, it might be comprehensible. This would be an excellent book for reading aloud to large groups. Moreover, it might pair well with other stories of immigrants coming to America.

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Summary: Lovely, evocative, and simple
Review: The pictures throughout this book are striking. Even without having known a thing about it, the cover of this book was familiar to me the minute I picked it up. Though I've only seen it briefly in bookstores and libraries, Say's illustrations do not leave a person's mind readily. Most beautiful, to my mind, are his drawings of his elderly grandfather, as well as the evocative shots of cities and mountains in the United States. Say tackles a subject that I've rarely seen even acknowledged in children's literature. It is the notion of forever being homesick for the other towns and cities you've grown to love in your life. I don't know how well this can be conveyed to children. Quite possibly, kids reading this story will understand what the author is saying on a much smaller level. If a person explains to a kid that it is like missing school/camp/a grandparent's house when one is home and vice versa, it might be comprehensible. This would be an excellent book for reading aloud to large groups. Moreover, it might pair well with other stories of immigrants coming to America.

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Summary: A grandfather¿s Journey Home
Review: This beautiful Caldecott Medal winner is very personal and helps extend the thought of the reader. It adds emotion most young children don't see. Most children's books are always happy, but this book brings a little of the real world into their reality. Some of the conflicts I saw that really make me feel this way is the grandfather went from one country to see new places, but longs for his home again The pictures in this book used light wonderfully colors.

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Summary: A poignant and beautiful tale...
Review: This is an absolutely beautiful book. I began reading it to my son when he was only two years old. Now, at almost five, he has an interest in Japan and questions about that culture. He loves this book, as do I. The drawings are breath-taking and the tale touching. Buy this for your children if you want them to appreciate their homeland, their family, and the quest for something more...

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Summary: An interesting account of immigration and love for homeland.
Review: This was a great piece of reading about a persons desire to visit a foreign land (USA) and to eventually settle there. It also dealt with the feeling of homesickness and return to the native country. This cycle was repeated again in the story, but war prevented the return trip from occurring. This led to mixed emotional feelings by the main character that he kept with him until he died.