Yoko's Paper Cranes
By: Rosemary Wells.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion Books For Children
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Origami -- Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction; Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction; Gifts -- Juvenile fiction; Cats -- Juvenile fiction; Japanese Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: When Yoko was very small, she and her Grandmother, Obaasan, fed the cranes in the pond at the end of the garden. When Yoko moves to California, she remembers her Grandmother and Grandfather in Japan. Every week letters go back and forth. She thinks of their garden and their cranes. And when Grandmother's birthday comes, Yoko sends the most wonderful gift of all. Rosemary Wells celebrates the love between grandchildren and gradparents in this sequel to best-selling Yoko.