A Place Where Sunflowers Grow (Hardcover) by Amy Lee-Tai, Marc Akio Lee

from nbmars

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, fear and prejudice towards the Japanese reached a fever pitch. These attitudes extended to both citizens and non-citizens of Japanese descent living in the United States. In 1942 Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. Under the terms of t...

from kmcpha3

I liked this book for two reasons. First, I liked how each page displayed the text in English and in Japanese. Bilingual text is a great tool and resource for any classroom! This adds to the multicultural aspect in the classroom and allows students to see the difference between two written langua...

from sconne7

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow - By Amy Lee-Tai (Picture Book) There are various reasons why I enjoyed the book, A Place Where Sunflowers Grow, by Amy Lee-Tai. This book explores Mari's experience in a terrible place where Japanese Americans were in internment camps. The book takes place during Wo...

from GloriaSidney

When Mari, a young Japanese-American girl, and her family are relocated to an internment camp during World War II. Art and gardening help Mari adjust to the unfamiliar and harsh conditions. This story is told from the perspective of Mari, a young girl who is living with her family during WWII in ...

from GloriaSidney

When Mari, a young Japanese-American girl, and her family are relocated to an internment camp during World War II. Art and gardening help Mari adjust to the unfamiliar and harsh conditions. This story is told from the perspective of Mari, a young girl who is living with her family during WWII in ...