Flowers from Mariko /
Noguchi, Rick.
Flowers from Mariko / by Rick Noguchi & Deneen Jenks ; illustrated by Michelle Reiko Kumata. - 1st ed. - New York : Lee & Low Books, 2001. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"Haru-ga kita. Spring is coming," sings Mariko as she tends her seedlings. Mariko works faithfully in a temporary but essential garden as her parents strive to rebuild their family's world after they are released from a forced relocation camp in the desert. (Miller Library Staff) When she and her family are released from the Japanese American internment camp where they have spent the last three years, Mariko plants a garden to raise their spirits.
Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.
1584300329 9781584300328 9781620143155 1620143151
2001029401
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Gardens--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.N67195 / Fl 2001
Flowers from Mariko / by Rick Noguchi & Deneen Jenks ; illustrated by Michelle Reiko Kumata. - 1st ed. - New York : Lee & Low Books, 2001. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
"Haru-ga kita. Spring is coming," sings Mariko as she tends her seedlings. Mariko works faithfully in a temporary but essential garden as her parents strive to rebuild their family's world after they are released from a forced relocation camp in the desert. (Miller Library Staff) When she and her family are released from the Japanese American internment camp where they have spent the last three years, Mariko plants a garden to raise their spirits.
Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.
1584300329 9781584300328 9781620143155 1620143151
2001029401
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Juvenile fiction.
Gardens--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.N67195 / Fl 2001