Allen Say - Grandfather's Journey

Pros: simply written. compelling. comprehensible.
Cons: none

My paternal grandparents were born in Poland and came to the United States in the early 1920s. My mother was born in Germany (at a really bad time for a Jew to be born in Germany). She came to the US in 1939. I have often joked that I am a first and a...

Pros: Complex story that little ones can understand and grow to love.
Cons: It's picture book that tends to hit the early chapter book yrs.

Grandfather’s Journey is one of our family “keeper” books. A friend from the base church group handed it to me for the kids as we were boarding the plane to head back to the States. Though we were on the run from a bad situation, Japan was part...

Pros: beautiful story and pictures.
Cons: some serious topics may be too heavy for some children

Many of us have wonderful stories of our ancestors coming to America. For families, these are treasured stories that are told over and over again with a certain sense of awe and respect. Perhaps there were hardships or persecution. Maybe it was in search...

Pros: beautiful pictures, touching story, great for grandparents to read to their grandkiddies
Cons: story may be difficult for some children to relate to

When I was little, I used to imagine that I was just like my grandfather. In my mind, He was a World War I flying ace diving out of my plane just before the bad guys riddled it with bullets. I could see him foraging in the forests and deserts for the...