Flowers from Mariko / by Rick Noguchi & Deneen Jenks ; illustrated by Michelle Reiko Kumata.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Lee & Low Books, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:- 1584300329
- 9781584300328
- 9781620143155
- 1620143151
- PZ7.N67195 Fl 2001
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection | SB451 .N64 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800180101 |
"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.