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Japanese Americans Japanese Americans Fiction Japanese Americans Juvenile fiction Japanese Americans Social conditions Picture dictionaries, English Picture dictionaries, Japanese Tokyo (Japan) Fiction Tokyo (Japan) Juvenile fiction World War, 1939-1945 Children World War, 1939-1945 Japanese AmericansTakei, George
Summary: Presents a graphic memoir detailing the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2019
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People TakeiCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAKCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA B TAKEISummary: Designed specifically for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, this video presents Pim the Panda as your child's teacher, who introduces the viewer to Japanese words with the help of live-action segments in which relevant vocabulary appears on the screen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pim Corp. 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: DVD JUV JAPANESE LITMilles, Harriet.
Summary: This book looks at Japanese, and examines where it is spoken, who speaks it, what alphabet the language is written in, and other interesting facts including introductions on how to say key phrases in Japanese.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J JAPANESE 495.6 MILGrady, Cynthia
Summary: In 1942, children's librarian Clara Breed discovers that her young Japanese-American patrons are being relocated and gives them stamped and addressed postcards so they can write to her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 GRAInouye Huey, Emily
Summary: With the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing their farm, Samantha Sakamoto does not have space in her life for dreams, but when faced with prejudice and violence in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor, she is determined to use her photography to document the bigotry around her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC INOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC INOSummary: Includes a unit structure whereby thematically linked lessons are grouped together to make learning Japanese easier and expanded exercises that go beyond substitution drills and get students speaking Japanese right away. There are also over 340 illustrations to make the learning process more fun and memorable.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha USA 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.683 JAPFlorence, Debbi Michiko
Summary: "Susannah Mikami dreams of becoming a famous sushi chef like her dad. And this summer, she plans to learn everything about his traditional kitchen. Only he refuses to teach her, and won't tell her why. Is it because he doesn't want her to embarrass him in front of the documentary crew filming at his restaurant? Or worse, because she's a girl? Either way, Sana decides he's not the only one who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FLOHarris, Duchess
Summary: In 1941, Japanese forces attacked a US naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan and other countries were fighting in World War II. In response to the attack, the US entered the war. US officials rounded up Japanese Americans and forced them into prison camps. This book describes the experiences of Japanese Americans and the effects of the imprisonment. Includes text, images, and back matter,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J940.5317 HARNot Available (NA)
Summary: Provides over one thousand entries for terms in English and Japanese, with all Japanese words written in both Japanese characters and transliteration, and with sentences in both languages to show proper usage.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Berlitz Pub./APA Publications 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J JAPANESE 495.6 JAPTakahashi, J. P.
Summary: "The Night Parade is about to begin . . . The ground thunders in Tokyo. A gust of wind blows. The pitter patter of paws and claws draws closer. The air is thick with swirling, swooping demons. It's Eka's favorite evening of the year, the one night she refuses to miss. But it's become harder to travel to Japan now that she's living across the world in New York. Unsure of when she can return next...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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Summary: "In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.53 TUNGoldstone, Lawrence
Summary: "On December 7, 1941 -- "a date which will live in infamy" -- the Japanese navy launched an attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and the US Army officially entered the Second World War. Three years later, on December 18, 1944, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which enabled the Secretary...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 341.6 GOLMasumoto, David Mas
Summary: "A family separated by racism against Japanese Americans and the discrimination of people with developmental disabilities--reunited seventy years later, returning to their roots on a farm and bound by family secrets"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Hen Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MASUMOTO, DAVID MAS MASYork, M. J.
Summary: "Learn fun and useful words and phrases in Japanese."--Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J JAPANESE 495.6 YORHenderson, Bruce
Summary: One of the last, great untold stories of World War II--kept hidden for decades--even after most of the World War II records were declassified in 1972, many of the files remained untouched in various archives--a gripping true tale of courage and adventure from Bruce Henderson, master storyteller, historian, and New York Times best-selling author of Sons and Soldiers--the saga of the Japanese...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Kudela, Katy R.
Summary: "Simple text paired with themed photos invite the reader to learn to speak Japanese"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J JAPANESE 495.6 KUDMochizuki, Ken
Summary: "A powerful biography of Michi Weglyn, the Japanese American fashion designer whose activism fueled a movement for recognition of and reparations for America's World War II concentration camps. The daughter of Japanese immigrants, Michi Nishiura Weglyn was confined in Arizona's Gila River concentration camp during World War II. She later became a costume designer for Broadway and worked as the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 WEGAbe, Julie
Summary: "Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying at their grandparents in Japan, Tessa is thrilled. A summer in Japan could be her chance to go on an adventure worthy of impressing her classmates back home. Her hopes are quickly dashed when, all too soon, she realizes that life in Japan is just like being in California: her sisters are old enough to go...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.MacCarald, Clara
Summary: Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Japanese immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, and additional resources for further study.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 MACWarren, Andrea
Summary: "A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in Congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MINKagawa, Julie
Summary: As Shinji struggles to understand and control his new guardian magic, the members of S.E.A. learn that a sunken ship belonging to the long extinct Natia people has been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Shinji, Lucy and Tinker, along with Oliver Ocean and Phoebe Mystic, a quirky, enthusiastic magic expert who has been called in to help Shinji, head off to check out the wreckage, hoping...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Alternates animated sequences of a panda bear named Little Pim with live action sequences of children enjoying everyday activities to teach babies, toddlers, and preschoolers over 60 Japanese words related to morning and evening routines. Includes vocabulary reviews and a repeat play option.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pim Corp. 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: DVD JUV JAPANESE LITRaymond, Henry N.
Summary: Audio based teaching. Includes pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Level one focuses on essential travel needs; levels two and three provide more everyday conversation as well as more comprehensive grammar and vocabulary skills. Includes 3 phrase books for each level.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006