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Love in the library / Maggie Tokuda-Hal ; illustrated by Yas Imamura.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: WB000882 | WonderbooksPublisher: Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022]Edition: [Wonderbook edition]Description: 1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : digital, color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cmContent type:
  • spoken word
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • audio
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • other
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781669640479
  • 1669640477
Subject(s): Genre/Form: [Narrated by Sura Siu.].Summary: Based on a true story of love and resilience at the Minidoka incarceration camp.Summary: Set in an incarceration camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak. To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren't human--that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast--elderly people, children, babies--now live in prison camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, it seems, and Tama doesn't know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the camp's tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with color and light, love and fairness. And she isn't the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? Is she the reason George comes to the library every day? Beautifully illustrated and complete with an afterword, back matter, and a photo of the real Tama and George--the author's grandparents--Maggie Tokuda-Hall's elegant love story for readers of all ages sheds light on a shameful chapter of American history.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Audiobook Children's Audiobook Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Read-along TOKUDA-H MAGGIE Wonderbook Available 33111011004930
Total holds: 0

Release date supplied by publisher.

Print book published: Candlewick.

Audiobook originally released by Dreamscape Media.

Issued as a Wonderbook, a pre-loaded audiobook player permanently attached to a hardcover book.

Powered by a rechargeable battery ; USB charger required for recharging.

Audiobook player has 2 modes. Read-Along mode narrates the story. Learning mode asks questions related to the story.

"WARNING: Choking hazard - small parts. Not for children under 3 years." - back cover.

Read along.

[Narrated by Sura Siu.].

Based on a true story of love and resilience at the Minidoka incarceration camp.

Set in an incarceration camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak. To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren't human--that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast--elderly people, children, babies--now live in prison camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, it seems, and Tama doesn't know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the camp's tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with color and light, love and fairness. And she isn't the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? Is she the reason George comes to the library every day? Beautifully illustrated and complete with an afterword, back matter, and a photo of the real Tama and George--the author's grandparents--Maggie Tokuda-Hall's elegant love story for readers of all ages sheds light on a shameful chapter of American history.

Grades K-3

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