JE Picture Books
 JE FALWELL Butterflies for Kiri. Falwell, Cathryn. (Gr. K-3) Kiri, a Japanese American girl who loves to draw and paint, tries to use the origami set she received for her birthday.
 JE FRIEDMAN How My Parents Learned to Eat. Friedman, Ina R. (Gr. 2-4) An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and each tries, in secret, to learn the other’s way of eating.
 JE JOHNSTON Fishing Sunday. Johnston, Tony. (Gr. K-3) A young boy is embarrassed by his grandfather’s old Japanese ways, but on one of their fishing Sundays, he learns to see Grandfather in a new light.
 JE KROLL Pink Paper Swans. Kroll, Virginia. (Gr. K-3) Janetta spends a summer mesmerized by the creatures her neighbor, Mrs. Tsujimoto, makes out of paper “with no glue, no tape, not even any scissors.” Mrs. Tsujimoto teaches her the art of origami and Janetta becomes her hands when arthritis makes it too difficult for her to fold.
 JE SAY Grandfather’s Journey. Say, Allen. (Gr. K+) A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather’s journey to America in this Caldecott Award winning tale. Later, he also undertakes the same journey and finally understands his grandfather, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
 JE TERASAKI Ghosts for Breakfast. Terasaki, Stanley Todd. (Gr. K-2) Based on a family story, a young boy and his father investigate their frightened neighbors’ report of ghosts on a nearby farm.
 JE UCHIDA The Bracelet. Uchida, Yoshiko. (Gr. K– 5) As Emi, her mother, and her sister prepare to leave for their new home as Japanese Americans in 1942, Emi’s friend Laurie Madison gives her a going-away gift of a gold heart bracelet. Though Emi vows never to take it off, she loses her bracelet on the first day at camp and does not know how she will ever remember her best friend without it.
 JE YASHIMA Umbrella. Yashima, Taro. (Preschool) In this Caldecott Honor book, Momo receives red boots and an umbrella for her third birthday and eagerly awaits a rainy day so she can use them.
J Fiction
 J BANIM American Dreams. Banim, Lisa. (Gr. 2-4) Amy Mochida’s life and her friendship with best friend, Jeannie, change greatly when World War II begins. Her family has to move out of Hollywood and they are eventually sent to an internment camp with other Japanese Americans. 76 pgs.
 J BANKS A Day for Vincent Chin and Me. Banks, Jacqueline Turner. (Gr. 3-6) Although Tommy, a Japanese American sixth-grader, has serious doubts when his mother, a World War II internment camp survivor, starts organizing a rally to fight racism, once he and his friends find a cause of their own, he gains more understanding of her motives. 119 pgs.
 J BUNTING So Far from the Sea. Bunting, Eve. (Gr. K– 3) Laura Iwasaki leaves behind a special memento when her family visits her grandfather’s grave one last time at the Manzanar War Relocation Center before moving to Massachusetts. 30 pgs.
 J LEE-TAI A Place Where Sunflowers Grow. Lee-Tai, Amy. (Gr. 1-4) While she and her family are interned at Topaz Relocation Center during World War II, Mari gradually adjusts as she enrolls in an art class, makes a friend, plants sunflowers, and waits for them to grow. 31 pgs.
 J MOCHIZUKI Baseball Saved Us. Mochizuki, Ken. (Gr. 1-4) A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. His confidence and ability to play help him face hardships and discrimination after the war is over. unpaged
 J PARKHURST Under One Flag: A Year at Rohwer. Parkhurst, Liz Smith. (Gr. 2-5) Jeff, the son of an administrator at the War Relocation Center in Rohwer, Arkansas, tells the story of his friendship with George Kobayashi, a young Japanese American who is forced to live in the camp after his father is accused of being a spy. unpaged
 J SAVIN The Moon Bridge. Savin, Marcia. (Gr. 3-6) World War II begins to hit closer to home for fifth-grader Ruthie Fox when a Japanese family moves into her San Francisco neighborhood. Despite the anti-Japanese feelings of others, Ruthie becomes friends with Mitzi Fujimoto and is devastated when Mitzi’s family is swept away into the internment camps. When they meet again will they still be friends? 231 pgs.
 J SAY Music for Alice. Say, Allen. (Gr. 3+) Based on the true story of Alice Sumida, this book recounts her life as a Japanese American farmer, what she and her husband faced during and after World War II, and her enduring love of dance. 32 pgs.
JH Fiction
 JH CHEANEY My Friend the Enemy. Cheaney, J.B. (Gr. 5-8) Hating the enemy was simple for Hazel Anderson until she met one. On the lookout for enemies ever since Pearl Harbor, Hazel scours the skies above with her binoculars, hoping to uncover a hideout, only to find a lonely boy hiding out to avoid being sent to an internment camp. Is he really the enemy? 266 pgs.
 JH DENENBERG The Journal of Ben Uchida, Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp. Denenberg, Barry. (Gr. 4-8) Part of the My Name Is America series, Ben tells the story, through diary entries, of when his life changed and his family was sent to live in a war relocation camp. Before December 7, 1941, he was no different from the other kids. After Pearl Harbor, his face was the face of the enemy. 156 pgs.
 JH KADOHATA Kira-Kira. Kadohata, Cynthia. (Gr. 6-8) This is the story of the friendship between two Japanese American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Katie worships her older sister, Lynn, who teaches her everything including her first word, kira-kira. Katie also must deal with the loss of Lynn in this Newbery Award winning book. 244 pgs. Also available on audiobook.
 JH KADOHATA Weedflower. Kadohata, Cynthia. (Gr. 5-8) After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona. With her previous life gone, Sumiko tries to help her family and neighbors at the camp, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of one day owning a flower shop. 260 pgs. Also available on audiobook.
 JH PATNEAUDE Thin Wood Walls. Patneaude, David. (Gr. 5-10) As Japanese Americans, Joe Hamada and his family encounter prejudice when Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Eventually, they are torn away from their home and sent to internment camps. Joe’s older brother joins the United States Army hoping to prove their loyalty, but that doesn’t reduce the family’s hardship. 231 pgs.
 JH SALISBURY Under the Blood-Red Sun. Salisbury, Graham. (Gr. 5-8) Tomikazu Nakaji’s biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. 246 pgs.
 JH UCHIDA A Jar of Dreams. Uchida, Yoshiko. (Gr. 4-8) Rinko tells the story of what it was like to grow up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the 1930s, when being Japanese was being made to feel different and not as good as others. Rinko’s story continues in The Best Bad Thing and The Happiest Ending. 131 pgs.
 JH UCHIDA Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation. Uchida, Yoshiko. (Gr. 5-8) This is the story of eleven-year-old Yuki, her eighteen-year-old brother, and her mother, who were uprooted, evacuated and interned in Topaz, the War Relocation Center in Utah during World War II. Yuki’s story continues after the war in Journey Home. 149 pgs.
J Nonfiction
 J 305.8956 EME I Am Japanese American. Emery, Vivian. (Gr. 2-4) A Japanese American girl talks briefly about her heritage, including food, clothing, and religion.
 J 305.8956 MCD Japanese Americans. McDaniel, Melissa. (Gr. 4-6) A brief introduction is given to the history, heritage, culture, and customs of Japanese Americans.
 J 305.8956 PET Japanese Americans. Peterson, Tiffany. (Gr. 3-5) This book looks at Japanese immigration to the United States including the history of Japanese Americans, customs, foods and other cultural contributions.
 J 394.26952 MAC Japanese Children's Day and the Obon Festival. MacMillan, Dianne M. (Gr. 2-4) The history, customs, and traditions of Japanese Children’s Day and the Obon Festival are described including the ways they are celebrated today in Japan and the United States.
 J 736.982 KNE Super Simple Origami. Kneissler, Irmgard. (Gr. 3+) Step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide readers to make such paper-folding projects as a monkey, fish-shaped wind sock, flower bouquet, and an owl and tree.
 J 736.982 NGU Under the Sea Origami. Nguyen, Duy. (Gr. 5-7) From a slithering electric eel to a ferocious barracuda, Duy Nguyen shows you simple paper folding techniques for crafting extraordinary sea creatures.
 J 745.61CAM Calligraphy. Campbell, Fiona. (Gr. 3+) Different lettering techniques and styles are discussed in this book which includes step-by-step instructions for creating double letters, embossed letters, pop-up letters, rubbings, and more.
 J 745.61 WIN Calligraphy for Kids. Winters, Eleanor. (Gr. 6+) A step-by-step book on calligraphy created specifically for kids including different alphabets and instructions for various projects.
 J 811.54 MAN One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden. Mannis, Celeste Davidson. (Preschool - Gr. 2) In this collection of haiku poems, a young girl walks through a Japanese garden and discovers many delights, from one leaf to ten stone lanterns.
 J 811.54 YOL Least Things: Poems About Small Natures. Yolen, Jane. (Gr. K-5) This is a collection of photographs and haiku about small creatures in nature, such as the spider, snail, hummingbird, and grasshopper.
 J 895.61 HIG Wind in the Long Grass. Higginson, William J., ed. (Gr. 2-6) Haiku from around the world are arranged by season in this lovely collection.
 J 895.61 LEW Black Swan/ White Crow. Lewis, J. Patrick. (Gr. 3-5) This collection of thirteen haiku features themes from nature and the outdoors.
 J 895.61 SHA Spring: A Haiku Story. Selected by George Shannon (Preschool-Gr. 2) Appealing to young readers, these haiku verses describe the wonders of spring.
 J 940.53 LEV A Fence Away from Freedom: Japanese Americans and World War II. Levine, Ellen. (Gr. 6-10) Based on interviews with 35 survivors whose lives dramatically changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, this is a history of the Japanese American internment camps, including their creation, the evacuation of Japanese Americans, and conditions inside the camps.
 J 940.5317 COO Remembering Manzanar: Life in A Japanese Relocation Camp. Cooper, Michael L. (Gr. 5-10) From accounts of camp survivors, records of the War Relocation Authority, microfilm copies of the camp newspaper, and archival photos, readers learn of the daily life of residents at the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
 J 940.5317 OPP Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference. Oppenheim, Joanne. (Gr. 6+) This book shares the correspondence between Clara Breed, a San Diego librarian, and dozens of Japanese American children sent to internment camps after Pearl Harbor.
 J 940.5317 PER Behind Barbed Wire: The Story of Japanese-American Internment During World War II. Perl, Lila. (Gr. 4-8) After the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which forced the Japanese Americans living on the Pacific Coast into internment camps.
 J 940.5317 SAK Japanese American Internment Camps. Sakurai, Gail. (Gr. 3+) This book looks at the mass relocation of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II.
 J 940.5317 TUN The Children of Topaz: The Story of a Japanese-American Internment Camp. Tunnell, Michael O. and Chilcoat, George W. (Gr. 4-6) During their time in the internment camp in Topaz, Utah, Miss Lillian “Anne” Yamauchi Hori’s third-grade class kept a diary that describes the injustices experienced by the students and their families.
 J 940.5317 YAN The Internment of the Japanese. Yancey, Diane. (Gr. 5-8) Executive Order 9066 resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans along the West Coast. This book chronicles the events beginning with “The Japanese ‘Problem’” to “Final Justice.”
 J 940.5317 YAN Life in a Japanese American Internment Camp. Yancey, Diane. (Gr. 4+) This book looks at Japanese immigration into the United States, the events leading to the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the conditions they faced in the internment camps.
 JB UCHIDA The Invisible Thread: An Autobiography. Uchida, Yoshiko. (Gr. 5-8) The author of The Bracelet, A Jar of Dreams, and Journey to Topaz describes growing up in Berkeley, California, as a second-generation Japanese American, and her family’s experiences in an internment camp in Utah.
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