Allen Say

In this radiant tale, a young boy in Japan celebrates his very first Christmas. Two cultures joyously combine for the day as the boy's mother shares a glimpse of her American childhood with her son. Allen Say's glowing watercolors and affecting words paint a story rich with the holiday spirit -- a story of family, of giving, of goodwill, and the hope for peace. - Flyleaf. A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree with...

A young boy and his father become closer friends during a camping trip in the mountains.

While sick in bed, a young boy opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a fantastical fishing trip.

An assignment to paint a large billboard in the desert changes the life of an aspiring artist.

A young artist finds that her creativity comes from within when the rug that she had always relied upon for inspiration is destroyed.

A fourteen-year-old boy lives on his own in Tokyo and becomes apprenticed to a famous Japanese cartoonist.

When Allison realizes that she looks more like her favorite doll than like her parents, she comes to terms with this unwelcomed discovery through the help of a stray cat.

A Japanese American farmer recounts her agricultural successes and setbacks and her enduring love of dance. Based on the true life story of Alice Sumida, who with her husband Mark, established the largest gladiola bulb farm in the country during the lasthalf of the twentieth century.

A young boy, aware of his grandmother's forgetfulness, helps her recall a time when she was a kindergarten teacher teaching her students about hummingbirds and their nests.

An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way of eating.