The Wakame Gatherers
Author: Holly Thompson
The Wakame Gatherers
Bicultural Nanami goes seaweed gathering with her Japanese and American grandmothers. While translating for the two women she comes to understand they were at war when they were her age.
Illustrator: Kazumi Wilds
Country of Origin: England
Published by: Shen's Books
Year of publication: 2007
Holly Thompson interview in SWET
Book Awards:
Book Awards:
Selected selected by the National Council for the Social Studies in association with the Children's Book Council as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book of 2009.
Chosen by the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as one of its 2008 Choices.
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