Tree of Cranes: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids, (Paperback)

from matthewbloome

This was an exceptional book. It really brought up the issue of cultural education from another point of view, that of a Japanese mother teaching her son about an American custom, namely celebrating Christmas. It was a good book and I'd be open to sharing it with an audience of children as a mean...

from raizel

A gentle, poignant story about a young boy in Japan whose mother shares her memories of Christmas in California by bringing in a tree from their garden and decorating it with origami cranes and candles. To her, the holiday is about feelings of peace; nothing religious is mentioned. The illustrati...

from sarahjohouck

Summary: A young boy's mother is acting strange one day and she ends up telling him of a time when she lived in California, and how they celebrated Christmas. She took a tree from the backyard and placed paper cranes on it with candles, and shared this experience with him. Personal Reaction: In t...

from kljohnson2

Tree of Cranes by Allen Say (2009) This story is about a little boy who lives in Japan. It is winter time and he disobeys his mom by playing on the frozen pond. One day his mom acts very strangely and doesn't talk to him. Later he finds out why. His mom wants him to know about Christmas and decor...

from ktinney2315937

This book is about a little boy who lives in Japan. His mother tells him that before she met his father she lived in California. In California they celebrated what was called Christmas, when celebrating this they would decorate a tree. So she decorated a tree for him and let him celebrate his fir...