Yoshiko Uchida, Author HarperTrophy $5.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-688-13703-8
The author of such accomplished children's works as The Bracelet and The Jar of Dreams offers a firsthand account of life in a Japanese American internment camp during WWII. Ages 11-up. (Sept.)
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Yoshiko Uchida, Author, Margot Zemach, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-50397-9
Uchida tells the story suggested by a Japanese folktale of two cats who are friends. The small birds and animals living in the Japanese pine forest fear the cats because they consume prey in a mouthful. One day the cats are having no luck finding a...
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Yoshiko Uchida, Author, Joanna Yardley, Illustrator Philomel Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-22503-1
The haunting immediacy of this moving tale may derive from its roots in Uchida's ( A Jar of Dreams ; The Best Bad Thing ) own childhood experiences--the author was interned in camps for Japanese Americans during WW II. Originally published as a...
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Yoshiko Uchida, Author, Joanna Yardley, Illustrator Paperstar Book $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-698-11390-9
PW's starred review noted the ""haunting immediacy"" of this tale set in a Japanese American internment camp during WW II, adding that the ""hushed, realistic paintings add to the poignancy of [the] narrative."" Ages 5-up. (Nov.)
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Yoshiko Uchida, Author, Keiko Narahashi, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-50559-1
On his way to the Iseh shrine, a young farmer meets a ghostly maiden who begs him to take a message to her parents in the Red Swamp. Though others attempt to dissuade him from the dangerous journey, he risks the snakes and crocodiles of the swamp...
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Yoshiko Uchida, Author, Martin Springett, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-689-50582-9
Extolling the wisdom of elders may sound like a bland topic, but Uchida's brisk storytelling and Springett's surprising, Japanese-woodblock-meets-superhero illustration style edge this Japanese folktale with suspense. ""`Anyone over seventy is no...
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