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Tsunami! [Hardcover]

Kimiko Kajikawa (Author), Ed Young (Illustrator)
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Release Date: Feb 3 2009
Ojiisan, the oldest and wealthiest man in the village, doesn?t join the others at the rice ceremony. Instead he watches from his balcony. He feels something is coming?something he can?t describe. When he sees the monster wave pulling away from the beach, he knows. Tsunami! But the villagers below can?t see the danger. Will Ojiisan risk everything he has to save them? Can he?

Illustrated in stunning collage by Caldecott winner Ed Young, here is the unforgettable story of how one man?s simple sacrifi ce saved hundreds of lives. An extraordinary celebration of both the power of nature and the power each of us holds within.

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  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Philomel (Feb 3 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0399250069
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399250064
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 25.4 x 29.8 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 499 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #110,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

Caldecott medalist Ed Young was born in Tientsin, China, and brought up in Shanghai. He cites the philosophy of Chinese painting as an inspiration for much of his work. "A Chinese painting is often accompanied by words," he explains; "they are complementary. There are things that words do that pictures never can, and likewise, there are images that words can never describe."

Mr. Young has been illustrating children's books for more than twenty years and has won many awards. He received the 1990 Caldecott Medal for his book Lon Po Po, and his much-lauded collaboration with anthologist Nancy Larrick, Cats Are Cats, was named one of the Ten Best Illustrated Books of 1988 by The New York Times.

Mr. Young studied at the University of Illinois, the Art Center of Los Angeles, and Pratt Institute in New York City. He and his family live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

copyright 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Feb 5 2009
By libraries rock! - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Noted children's author, Kajikawa, has created a small masterpiece in this awe-inspiring tale of an old man who saves his village from an impending tsunami by sacrificing the rice crop that made him wealthy. The illustrations by Ed Young are breathtaking, and the spare prose is both page-turning and yet tuned perfectly to a child's ear. A stunning book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Speaks for Simplicity Dec 5 2009
By Lucius M. McKelvy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I wasn't getting a lot from the pictures, but the text kept me engaged throughout. One thing that the pictures did do was capture the scale of a tsunami. There's a simplicity to the book that I appreciated.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a beautifully told Japanese legend that will mesmerize the adult reader and widen the eyes of the young! Sep 23 2009
By D. Fowler - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Ojiisan was a simple man living in Japan long, long ago. His name meant "grandfather." One day when his family was preparing to go to a festival, he refused to go. He sensed something was very wrong so he and his grandson, Tada stayed behind. As he watched the festival below, he felt the earth rumble beneath the soles of his feet. An earthquake was stirring the earth beneath his feet. No one was alarmed, but somehow "Ojiisan, who had felt hundreds of earthquakes in his time, thought this shock strange."

The sea "darkened suddenly and was moving against the wind." It was a "Tsunami-the monster wave." Ojiisan knew that something had to be done to rescue the villagers down below. They were running to the sea to watch instead of running away from it to save themselves. He ran to his own precious rice fields and sadly set them on fire. Would the four hundred souls down below rush to his aid? If they rushed to save his fields, perhaps they would unknowingly save their own lives!

This is a beautifully told Japanese legend that will mesmerize the adult reader and widen the eyes of the young. I enjoyed the tale and the combination of gouache, pastel painting and collage artwork was unusual and stunning. This is a charming story that illustrates the fact that we, as human beings, are all in the same boat and need to help one another.

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