Sheila Hamanaka

Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures, artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing, bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaking, Noh theater, and neriage ceramics.

Beth admires her friend Molly's courage, but on a visit to Molly's country home, Beth surprises herself with her own bravery when the two become lost within the maze of a cornfield.

Text and photographed details of a mural depict the history of the Japanese people in America.

A rhyming celebration of ancestry and of the diversity that flourishes in this country.

Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, findsit very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to becomethe perfect student.

Nine-year-old Cricket's expectations of being, as always, the teacher's favorite student are dashed by the arrival of an unusualnew girl in her fourth-grade class.

Lucas thinks his summer vacation is ruined when Mom hires a French au pair to watch over Lucas and his two-year-old twin brothers.

Presents an illustrated biography of the founder of the Girl Scout movement.

A cumulative tale in which a tree that is home to a singing mockingbird continues to be a source of music after it is fashioned into a fiddle.

Julio hides his own leadership ambitions to help another candidate win the nomination for class president.