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Grandfather's Journey
de Say, Allen
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0590488643
- ISBN 13
- 9780590488648
- Librería
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Scholastic Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0590488643 . A beautiful first Scholastic edition/first printing arranged with Houghton Mifflin Company for distribution through the school market; in seemingly unread Fine condition in alike, illustrated dust-jacket. Bound in tan paper boards with gilt origami illustration, brown cloth spine with gold lettering, tan endpapers; Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1994 for this autobiographical picture book, Say created a photo album to illustrate his family's journey and immigration to America. Grandfather leaves Japan to explore the new world and makes a home in San Francisco. Missing the home of his birth, he returns to Japan with his wife and daughter, but he cannot forget his love of California, always telling stories to his grandson and wishing to return just once more; Color Illustrations; 4to ; 32 pages .
Sinopsis
Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant acount of a family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 22109
- Título
- Grandfather's Journey
- Autor
- Say, Allen
- Ilustrador
- Illustrated by Allen Say
- Formato/Encuadernación
- 1/4 Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition; First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0590488643
- ISBN 13
- 9780590488648
- Editorial
- Scholastic Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1994
- Palabras clave
- Collectible Out-of-print Rare, Juvenile Literature Picture Book, Multicultural WWII Japanese Americans, Family Biography Historical, Travel USA
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Awarded Illustrators; Awarded Books / Caldecott Medal;
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Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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