The Peace Tree from Hiroshima

A Little Bonsai with a Big Story

Sandra Moore, Kazumi Wilds

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Japanese

Tuttle
14 July 2015

Children's & Educational; True stories (Children's&YA); Japanese - Cultural Material

This true children's story is told by a little bonsai tree, called Miyajima, that lived with the same family in the Japanese city of Hiroshima for more than 300 years before being donated to the National Arboretum in Washington DC in 1976 as a gesture of friendship between America and Japan to celebrate the American Bicentennial. In 1625, when Japan was a land of samurai and castles, I was a tiny pine seedling. A man called Itaro Yamaki picked me from the forest where I grew and took me home with him. For more than three hundred years, generations of the Yamaki family trimmed and pruned me into a beautiful bonsai tree. In 1945, our household survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In 1976, I was donated to the National Arboretum in Washington D.C., where I still live today - the oldest and perhaps the wisest tree in the bonsai museum.

By: Sandra Moore
Illustrated by: Kazumi Wilds
Imprint: Tuttle
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 482g
ISBN: 9784805313473
ISBN 10: 4805313471
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 14 July 2015
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sandra Moore began her writing career as a ghost writer for a senator on Capitol Hill, and has worked as a freelance journalist specializing in writing about children and families. She studied writing for children at the Washington Writers' Center. This is her first book. Kazumi Wilds illustrated Tuttle's All About Japan (Tuttle, 2011) and has illustrated several other children's books, including The Wakame Gatherers (Shen's Books, 2007). She lives in Japan but is currently studying in the United States.

Reviews for The Peace Tree from Hiroshima: A Little Bonsai with a Big Story

Fairy tale-sounding this may seem, but the ending 'Author's Note' will reveal just how true this inspiring story actually is. A first book for journalist Sandra Moore, Peace Tree couldn't be a better choice to begin an authorly career. --Smithsonian BookDragon