Author: Allen Say
Title: Grandfather's Journey
Illustrator: Allen Say
Readability score: Grade 3 to Grade 5
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Realistic
Theme: Home is where the heart is.
Primary and secondary characters: Grandfather, narrator (grandson)
Awards: 1994 Caldecott Medal
Date of Publication: 1993
Publishing company: Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN number: 0-395-57035-2
A young Japanese man leaves home to travel the world. He explores America by train and boat. He is amazed by the beautiful country. California was his favorite place. He returns to Japan to marry his sweetheart. They come back to California to live and they raise their daughter there. He and his family return to Japan, where his grandson is born. The old man never returns to California, but he will never forget.
This story would be appropriate in an introduction to the Industrial Age, when America was booming and people were visiting from all over the world. The illustrations in the story are a perfect glimpse into what the early American Dream looked like. The grandfather was a dreamer. I would read the story aloud to the students and ask them if they have ever been away from home for a long time. Did they miss home? Was there a place that they like better than home?
A young Japanese man leaves home to travel the world. He explores America by train and boat. He is amazed by the beautiful country. California was his favorite place. He returns to Japan to marry his sweetheart. They come back to California to live and they raise their daughter there. He and his family return to Japan, where his grandson is born. The old man never returns to California, but he will never forget.
This story would be appropriate in an introduction to the Industrial Age, when America was booming and people were visiting from all over the world. The illustrations in the story are a perfect glimpse into what the early American Dream looked like. The grandfather was a dreamer. I would read the story aloud to the students and ask them if they have ever been away from home for a long time. Did they miss home? Was there a place that they like better than home?
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