The boy in the garden
By: written and illustrated by Allen Say.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780547214108
Subjects: Cranes (Birds); Folklore -- Japan
Description: While his father visits Mr. Ozu to convey traditional New Year greetings, Jiro wanders out to the garden drawn to a life-like statue of a tall bird which reminds him of the "Grateful Crane" story that his mother had read to him.