The Peace Tree From Hiroshima
The Little Bonsai With a Big Story
Tuttle Publishing · Print & ebook · July 14, 2015
**Winner of the 2017 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award ** **Winner of the 2015 Gelett Burgess Award for Best Intercultural Book** **Winner of the 2015 Silver Evergreen Medal for World Peace** 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A bonsai’s voice brings Japanese history, nature, and a gesture of friendship into one children’s story.
- Themes
- Hiroshima history, Japan–U.S. friendship, Peace
- Genres
- Asian History for Kids, Military & Wars, All About Trees
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**Winner of the 2017 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award ** **Winner of the 2015 Gelett Burgess Award for Best Intercultural Book** **Winner of the 2015 Silver Evergreen Medal for World Peace** 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.
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From the Book: "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."
A Tree’s Long View
A bonsai’s voice brings Japanese history, nature, and a gesture of friendship into one children’s story.
Come here for
- A distinctive tree’s-eye view of history
- A meeting point for nature and Japanese history
Expect
- A true story told by a bonsai
- A gentle way into the history of Hiroshima
Where it sits
| All About Trees | 77% |
|---|---|
| Military & Wars | 59% |
| Asian History for Kids | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Asia
- Nature & Wildlife
- Stories Set in Asia
- Authors
- Sandra Moore
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Published
- July 14, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Hiroshima history · Japan–U.S. friendship · Peace
- Reading lane
- Historical Asia