“allen say”

"In this simple, engaging remembrance, Say tells how two American soldiers come upon his country school's athletic festival and put on a show of trick bicycle riding that leaves the audience cheering".--Booklist. Illustrated.The amazing tricks two American soldiers perform on a borrowed bicycle are ... More

A little boy takes a fantasy trip up the river by his house to fly-fish with his uncle. "A softly wrought story with significant content".--Booklist. A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Full-color illustrations.A little boy takes a fantasy trip up the river by his house to fly-fish w... More

Luke and his father, who is disgusted by the tourists surrounding the once secluded lake of his childhood, hike deeper into the wilderness to find a "lost lake" of their own.... More

One morning 8-year-old Martin looks in the mirror and sees a stranger. Overnight, he has changed. His parents take him to one doctor after another, only to be told there is nothing wrong with their son. But Martin has grown old in the space of one day; his world will never be the same again.One morn... More

The true story of a Chinese boy who, on the advice of his father--"In America, you can be anything you want to be"--grows up to become a bullfighter. "Say fashions a first-person narrative into a resonant biography of an intriguing anomaly. . . .(Say's) portraits . . . are masterfully restrained, ev... More

Caldecott medalist Say ("Grandfather's Journey") retells this favorite joke in Japan about a wicked, miserly landlord who swallows a cherry pit, and brings the tale to life with beautiful drawings. Illustrations.Spring had finally come and everyone in the village was happy, despite being poor - ever... More

In this rich autobiographical novel, readers learn the real story behind the Caldecott medalist best known for his picture book Grandfather's Journey. Just after World War II in Japan, a young apprentice to a famous cartoonist learns self-reliance in a tale that reveals the fragile beauty of human r... More

As a girl, Alice loved to dance, but the rhythms of her life offered little opportunity for a foxtrot, let alone a waltz. World War II erupted soon after she was married. Alice and her husband, along with many other Japanese Americans, were forced to leave their homes and report to assembly centers ... More