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Grady, Cynthia

Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | January, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-688-7 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-63289-583-7
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Amiko Hirao. Librarian Clara Breed was a hero to the Japanese American children in San Diego who were banished to internment camps during WWII: she sent books, postcards, soap, and other supplies to cheer them up. Hirao's colored-pencil illustrations and archival black-and-white photographs on the endpapers help contextualize Grady's moving story, which includes excerpts from the children's actual letters. Reading list, timelines. Bib.
Reviewer: Christina Dorr

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