Allen Say

Allen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937) is an Asian American author and illustrator best known for his book Grandfather's Journey, a picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal. This story is autobiographical, and relates to Say's constant moving during his childhood. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese American characters and their stories, and several works have autobiographical elements.

Quotation

A good story should alter you in some way; it should change your thinking, your feeling, your psyche, or the way you look at things. A story is an abstract experience; it's rather like venturing through a maze. When you come out of it, you should feel slightly changed.

Selected Bibliography

• The Boy of the Three Year Nap (illustrations)
• The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice
• The Bicycle Man
• Tree of Cranes
• Tea with Milk
• Grandfather's Journey
• Emma's Rug
• The Sign Painter
• El Chino
• Music for Alice
• The Lost Lake
• Erika-san
• Kamishibai Man

See also

• List of children's literature authors
• List of Asian American writers

Notes

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External links

• Allen Say (publisher's author profile)
• Allen Say: Articles and Speeches
• Allen Say Interview with Marjorie Coughlan for PaperTigers, July 2006
• Book Connections: Educational activities related to Say's books and illustrations