A review by sunflowerjess
Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind by Cynthia Grady

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

When hundreds of thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced to leave their homes, their livelihoods, everything, and move to prison camps, some kept in touch with their local public librarian. This librarian, Clara Breed, sent books, letters, necessities, and comfort items to the young children, and they wrote her postcards back. She kept these postcards, and this is what this book is about. I appreciated the photographs and the brief history of Japanese people in the U.S. This book is illustrated by a Japanese artist who perfectly captured the mood and emotions of this time.