Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind

by Cynthia Grady

Book Overview

A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps.

When Executive Order 9066 is enacted after the attack at Pearl Harbor, children's librarian Clara Breed's young Japanese American patrons are to be sent to prison camp. Before they are moved, Breed asks the children to write her letters and gives them books to take with them. Through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158089688X
• ISBN13: 9781580896887
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3