Grandfather's Journey 20th Anniversary: A Caldecott Award Winner

When he was a young man, Allen Say’s grandfather left his home in Japan to explore the world. He began his journey by crossing the Pacific Ocean on a steamship, then wandered the deserts, farmlands, and cities of North America. Allen Say lovingly tells the story of his own family’s cross-cultural history in elegant watercolor paintings that earned him a Caldecott Medal in 1994. This twentieth-anniversary gift edition of the modern classic features downloadable audio and an introduction by Allen Say. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780544050501 Media Type: Hardcover(20th Anniversary Edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: 11-05-2013 Pages: 32 Product Dimensions: 9.40(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.50(d) Age Range: 5 - 8 YearsAbout the Author Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937. He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of six, and, at age twelve, apprenticed himself to his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei. For the next four years, Say learned to draw and paint u