Drawing from Memory by Allen Say

Title: Drawing from Memory

Author: Allen Say

Illustrator: Allen Say

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Year: 2011

Awards/Accolades: Sibert Honor

Summary: Through drawings and photographs with text, Allen Say recounts his young in WWII era Japan, his move to Tokyo by himself when he was 12, and his apprenticeship to master cartoonist Noro Shinpei. Ends as he leave Japan for United States.

Use in Classroom/Library:

Read aloud; write memoir segments; draw memories;

Curriculum Connections:

Art: Various forms of illustration; media
Language Arts: writing a memoir

Special Features: Many photos and drawing from Say's childhood depicted.

This title is in the Knox County Public Library.