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The Peace Bell

32 pp. | Holt | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-7800-8 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Hideko Takahashi. Transported to Minnesota after World War II, an ancient Japanese temple bell is eventually returned to Japan "as a gesture of goodwill." Narration by a fictional Japanese grandmother and an American girl gives the heartwarming story a sense of immediacy, while the appealing illustrations supply historical details about its Japanese setting. An endnote describes the real events that inspired this hopeful book.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert

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