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Music for Alice
by Allen Say
ISBN: 0618311181
ISBN-13: 9780618311187
Format: Reinforced Hardcover
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Summary
This chronicle describes the true travails of a Japanese-American woman who was uprooted by the US government during World War II. She and her husband opted to work as farm laborers rather than living in an internment camp. They struggled with land that refused at first to grow crops, but eventually owned America's largest gladiola bulb farm. Japanese-American author Allen Say's evocative watercolors trace the heroine's journey across the decades. One inspiring picture shows her standing in the midst of a vast vista of flowers on ground that had once looked like a moonscape. Say, who actually completed the paintings for his book prior to writing the story, also wrote and illustrated the 1994 Caldecott Medal winner, GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY.
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"Once again, Say demonstrates his gift for history that is both eloquently personalized and elegantly visualized." -- Betsy Hearne
-- Bulletin of the Center for Children\'s Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Walter Lorraine
Published date: 2004
Size: 11 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.05 pounds
Ages: 1 to 2
Synopses
A Japanese American farmer recounts her agricultural successes and setbacks and her enduring love of dance. Based on the true life story of Alice Sumida, who with her husband Mark, established the largest gladiola bulb farm in the country during the last half of the twentieth century.
Publisher's Notes
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 around the country. Undaunted, Alice and her husband learned to make the most of every circumstance, from their stall in the old stockyard in Portland to the decrepit farm in the Oregon desert, with its field of stones. Like a pair of skilled dancers, they sidestepped adversity to land gracefully amid golden opportunity. Together they turned a barren wasteland into a field of endless flowers. Such achievements did not come without effort and sacrifice, though, and Alice often thought her dancing days were long behind her. But as her story testifies, her life is full of changes....
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MUSIC FOR ALICE
Say, Allen
Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004. SIGNED in person and dated, with a picture of a painter, a fine picture book and dustjacket. Allen Say, artist and Caldecott medalist, wrote and illustrated "Music for Alice". This is the story of Alice who loved to dance as a girl, but had little opportunity to do so. Soon after she was married, World War II began and she and her husband, plus many other Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and report to assembly centers around America. But she and her husband determined to weather every trial they were put to, including enduring hardships in their stall in the old stockyard in Portland and at the run-down farm in the Oregon desert, with its field of stones. They managed to turn a barren wasteland into a field of multitudes of flowers. Their resourcefulness and courage make an inspirational and heartwarming story for children. Nicely done with great illustrations. Please browse our children's picture book catalog on our home page on ABE for more titles.. ISBN: 0618311181. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED, FICTION, PICTURE BOOKS.. ( more information) Offered by Mysteries Plus (United States)
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