Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937. His father, a Korean orphan raised by a British family in Shanghai, and his mother, a Japanese American born in Oakland, California, divorced when Say was eight. When he was twelve, he was sent to live with his maternal grandmother. His relationship with his grandmother was [...]
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Erika-san by Allen Say
“In her grandmother’s house, framed pictures hung in the hallway. One of them showed a cottage with lighted windows. Erika would remember that picture all her life.” Based on a true story, the newest masterpiece from the Caldecott medalist Allen Say, Erika-san, traces the life of a young girl—inspired as a child by a magical [...]
