Tree of Cranes

Tree of Cranes

by Allen Say
2/5

As a young Japanese boy recovers from a bad chill, his mother busily folds origami paper into delicate silver cranes in preparation for the boy's very first Christmas.

First published
2050
Publishers
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Subjects
Christmas·Fiction·Japan·Fiction·Mothers·Fiction·Children's fiction

This book is charming. It will be a birth gift for my pastor upon the arrival of his first child.

This book is dark and troubling. Here is a young boy playing unsupervised in a pond surrounded by snow.

The story and illustrations are both lovely, as expected, but I was disappointed to find that the name of the previous owner was written on the dust jacket of the book I received. The Amazon description said the book was in "new" condition.

Allen Say

About Allen Say

Allen Say is one of the most beloved artists working today. He is the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, and also won a Caldecott Honor and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for THE BOY OF THE THREE-YEAR NAP (written by Dianne Snyder). Many of Allen’s stories are derived from his own experiences as a child. His other books include THE BICYCLE MAN, TEA WITH MILK, and TREE OF CRANES, hailed by The Horn Book in a starred review as “the achievement of a master in his prime.” Allen’s recent book, ERIKA-SAN, received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. He lives in Portland, Oregon....

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