Seashore story / [print]
Taro Yashima.
- New York : Viking Press, (c)1967.
- 42 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
"Written and illustrated by Taro Yashima."--Jacket.
Children hear an old Japanese story about a fisherman who rode on a turtle's back to a beautiful place under the sea, and then ask questions about the story.
Preschool. Kindergarten. Grade one. Grade two. Grade three https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=11528&a=1
Taro Yashima was the pseudonym of Atsushi Iwamatsu, a Japanese artist who lived in the United Staes during World War II. Iwamatsu was born September 21, 1908, in Nejima, Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, and raised on the southern coast of Kyushu. His father was a country doctor who collected oriental art and encouraged his son to persue a career in art. After studying for three years at the Imperial Art Academy in Tokyo, Iwamatsu became a successful illustrator and cartoonist. At one point both he and his wife, Tomoe, went to jail for his opposition to the militaristic government. In 1939, they went to the United States to study art, leaving behind their son, Mako. After Pearl Harbor, Iwamatsu joined the US Army and went to work as an artist for the Office of Strategic Services. It was then that he first used the pseudonym Taro Yashima out of fear there would be repercussions for Mako and other family members if the Japanese government knew of his employment. He died in 1994. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/241267/taro-yashima
Caldecott Honor Book, 1968.
66011914
Fishers--Juvenile fiction. Adventure and adventurers. Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction. Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction. Imaginary places--Juvenile fiction. Kindness--Juvenile fiction. Magic--Juvenile fiction. Storytelling--Juvenile fiction. Time perception--Juvenile fiction. Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction. Picture books. Sea stories, Japanese. Sea turtles--Juvenile fiction. Students--Juvenile fiction. Teachers--Juvenile fiction. Picture books. Caldecott Medal.