(2) K-3 Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Kenichi Zenimura was known as the father of Japanese American baseball, first as a player and later a manager. But after Pearl Harbor, Zeni found himself in an internment camp, and the only way he could make the desolate place feel like home was to build a baseball field. Bold Japanese calligraphy brush-and-ink illustrations depict the painstaking work involved--and Zeni’s joy at playing.

Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2013