Based on historical fact, this is a story that brings World War II home, just off the coast of Maine where Jill Winters has been sent to live with her grandmother.
Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey interviewed survivors of Hiroshima's bomb while the ashes were still warm.
Fourteen-year-old Louise Keller and her family leave Ohio for the Philippines in order to join a missionary camp in 1941.
This is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention as seen through the eyes of Jeannie, the youngest daughter of the Wakatsuki family.
Sumiko and her family are shipped to a Japanese internment camp in one of the hottest places in California after the events of Pearl Harbor.
This nonfiction book is a collection of letters written to a librarian in San Diego by the name of Miss Breed. These actual letters, replete with spelling and grammar mistakes, show how one person can make a positive difference in the lives of so many.
Readers first met young Yuki and her Japanese American family in Journey to Topaz, a story based on the author's experience of having her own family uprooted and sent to the Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah.
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Lola loves Tuesday because it's library day! She is ready to go with her library card and backpack full of books. Young readers will easily relate to Lola and her excitement about the library.
When a lion comes into the library, no one is sure what to do. After all, there aren't any rules about lions in the library — especially one with a loud roar! Everyone is about to learn, however, just how helpful a library lion can be.
Have you ever gotten your library book by way of a camel, elephant, solar-powered truck, or boat? This book offers a fascinating introduction to the many kinds of libraries around the world and includes numerous photos.