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The peace tree from Hiroshima : the little bonsai with a big story / Sandra Moore ; illustrations by Kazumi Wilds.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : TUTTLE Publishing, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 4805313471
  • 9784805313473
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.M664 Pe 2015
Other classification:
  • JUV016030 | JUV029000 | JUV030020
  • I712.85
Summary: Based on a true story, this picture book follows the life of a bonsai tree that was already hundreds of years old in 1945 when it survived the bombing of Hiroshima. (Miller Library Staff)Summary: A fictionalized account of a bonsai tree that lived with the Yamaki family in Hiroshima, Japan, for more than 300 years before being donated to the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., in 1976 as a gesture of friendship and peace to celebrate the American Bicentennial.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection SB455 .M66 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800190589
Total holds: 0

Based on a true story, this picture book follows the life of a bonsai tree that was already hundreds of years old in 1945 when it survived the bombing of Hiroshima. (Miller Library Staff)

A fictionalized account of a bonsai tree that lived with the Yamaki family in Hiroshima, Japan, for more than 300 years before being donated to the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., in 1976 as a gesture of friendship and peace to celebrate the American Bicentennial.

Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.

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