By: Allen Say
Grandfather's Journey is an award-winning and very sweet story about a Japanese man who immigrated to America, more specifically to the San Francisco Bay, Ca area. The story takes you through his journey across the ocean and through the lands of America and then back to Japan again. Whenever Grandfather is one location (Japan or America) he begins to miss the other.
This book would make for an excellent story to read aloud to a class during the study of Japanese-Americans. Japanese culture is strongly prevalent throughout the book and the illustrations help aid the story. I would recommend this book to my students and place it in my classroom library. I feel that students in grades 3-6 would find this book most useful/meaningful. Students in 2nd may be able to read this story however they may not comprehend the meaning behind the written word.
Overall I really enjoyed reading this book. I feel that I will actually be able to use this book in my future classroom. It's a cool feeling when you know that you discovered something really "good". :) The author, Allen Say, writes a hand-full of books that focus on Japanese-Americans. Great topic to incorporate into your social studies class.
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