Tree of Cranes | 
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Product Description
As a young Japanese boy recovers from a bad chill, his mother busily folds origami paper into delicate silver cranes in preparation for the boy's very first Christmas.
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Customer Reviews:
• Who Is The Intended Audience Of This Book? 01 November, 2008
I really don't relate to this book. I don't really like Christmas either, so maybe that's part of it. And Christmas outside of Christianity and Jesus, well, really, what's the point? Is the intended audience Japanese kids who speak English and have never heard of Christmas? Or maybe 3rd generation Japanese immigrants?
I guess the part that I found the most confusing was the odd way that multiculturalism is presented. I suppose because it's an autobiography, the story is relevant to the author in that it really happened, but who cares? Some true stories aren't all that interesting.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3GHRM44RR4RJ1
• Tree Of Cranes 24 February, 2008
I first checked out this book from our public library, among other books with a Christmas theme. My five-year old daughter loved the story and the pictures, that she asked me to renew it twice. I decided to purchase it for her. We still read it although Christmas has passed. This is the story of a little boy who learns about Christmas (when trees are decorated with lights and ornaments) from his mother who grew up in the Unitied States before coming to Japan where they now live. The illustrations are beautiful, you learn about a number of customs. For example, the connection between oragami and wishes, the food that he little boy eats, that his parents planted a tree to symbolise and as a wish that he lives a long life. They make a snowman, in Japan their snowman has two balls, not three like here in the United States. The book has a timeless quality.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3GB6NIS3XIDXQ
• Wonderful Illustrations, Good & Meaningful Story 03 July, 2000
I loved this book enough to, in pre-Amazon days, put in two special orders (both failed) through Crown Books and finally, after two years, find a children's specialty book store that could get it for me. It is the story of a small boy learning to obey his mother as well as the story of his first Christmas. The book's strength is its astonishing illustrations. The luminous pictures of the family's Japanese home, the small pine tree with the silver origami cranes and candles, and the emotion on the face of the little boy captivate my son, who is not yet two and a half. Even at his age, which is much younger than this book is intended for, he really responds to the poetic text, the relationship between the boy and his mother, his struggle to obey his mother and deal with her disapproval of his misbehavior, and the beauty of the tree of cranes. This is a peaceful and gentle text, and I am grateful that I can finally read my son this story that both helps to build his character and exposes him to the beauty and grace of Japanese form.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2GPEV42IO41CI
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