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"body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n RGMediaType:books;\nTitle:The Journey;\nCreators:Sheila Hamanaka;\nInterestLevel:Grades 3-5; Grades 7-8; Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:Grades 3-5;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:1070L;\nTheme:Evils of racism; Expression through art; Power of the past;\nGenre:Picture Book; Children's;\nPoV:Told from perspective of Japanese American artist;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Widely available;\nFreeWebVersion:Yes;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:;\nChronology:1900s to 1990s;\nFacility:;\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <div id=\"databox-Books\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n Title:The Journey: Japanese Americans, Racism and Renewal;\nAuthor:Sheila Hamanaka;\nIllustrator:;\nOrigTitle:;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nSeries:;\nGenre:;\nPublisher:Orchard Books;\nPubDate:1990;\nCurrentPublisher:;\nCurrentPubDate:;\nMediaType:;\nPages:39;\nAwards:Best Books of 1990,\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n ; Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin 1991; American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1992;\nISBN:;\nWorldCatLink:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.worldcat.org/title/journey-japanese-americans-racism-and-renewal/oclc/20265346\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.worldcat.org/title/journey-japanese-americans-racism-and-renewal/oclc/20265346\n </a>\n ;\n </p>\n </div>\n <p>\n A children's book by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Sansei\" title=\"Sansei\">\n Sansei\n </a>\n author and artist Sheila Hamanaka, published by Orchard Books in 1990.\n <i>\n The Journey: Japanese Americans, Racism and Renewal\n </i>\n is based on a 25-foot mural painted by Hamanaka that mixes the history of Japanese Americans with an emphasis on the American concentration camps of World War II with her own family's experience using a mixture of Japanese iconography, realism and caricature. The book features both close-ups of the mural as well as a panoramic view of all five panels, which are accompanied by the author's text, giving her perspective on history, tradition, and hope. It also includes a preface and afterword reflecting on these themes.\n </p>\n <p>\n Author Hamanaka (b. 1949) is an artist who has both illustrated and written and illustrated numerous children's books.\n <i>\n The Journey\n </i>\n was her first book as an author. Most of her succeeding books tell stories of American ethnic groups and/or of Japan.\n </p>\n <p>\n Reviewers uniformly praised Hamanaka's artwork and its presentation in the book. John Philbrook in\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n calls the paintings \"beautiful, bold, and moving, covering the public facts yet incorporating a personal touch in a cameo of the artist's siblings,\" while\n <i>\n Kirkus Reviews\n </i>\n refers to it as \"a complex, elegantly orchestrated blend of realistic portraits, caricatures, and traditional symbols that recalls the social-protest art of the 30's.\"\n <i>\n Publishers Weekly\n </i>\n calls her \"illustrations of historical details, the symbols from Japanese culture and especially the unforgettable faces are brilliantly executed.\"\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n [1]\n </a>\n </sup>\n While most reviewer also praised the text, calling it \"prose of simple and unique power,\" \"moving,\" and \"compelling,\" Roger Sutton in\n <i>\n The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books\n </i>\n calls it \"deliberately didactic\" with text that \"is a relentless condemnation, unfortunately weakened by undocumented controversial statements, ... overstatement, ... and unexplained references....\"\n <i>\n Publishers Weekly\n </i>\n calls the text \"a confusing amalgam of history, art catalogue description and biography.\"\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref2_2-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref2-2\">\n [2]\n </a>\n </sup>\n </p>\n <p>\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n named\n <i>\n The Journey\n </i>\n as one of its best books of 1990 and it won a Jane Addams Children's Book Award in 1991 and an American Book Award in 1992.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n <b>\n Authored by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n Brian Niiya\n </a>\n , Densho\n </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n</div>\n",
"moreinfo": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n American Book Award website:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130313174235/http://bookweb.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://web.archive.org/web/20130313174235/http://bookweb.org/btw/awards/The-American-Book-Awards---Before-Columbus-Foundation.html\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n Harada, Violet H. \"Breaking the Silence: Sharing the Japanese American Internment Experience with Adolescent Readers.\"\n <i>\n Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy\n </i>\n 39.8 (May 1996): 630–37.\n </p>\n <p>\n Inagawa, Machiko. \"Japanese American Experiences in Internment Camps during World War II as Represented by Children's and Adolescent Literature.\" Ph.D. dissertation, University of Arizona, 2007.\n </p>\n <p>\n Kay E. Vandergrift, \"A Feminist Perspective on Multicultural Children's Literature in the Middle Years of the Twentieth Century,\"\n <i>\n Library Trends\n </i>\n 41.3 (Winter 1993): 354–77.\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"reviews": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Reviews\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Reviews\">\n Reviews\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Galda, Lee, and Susan Cox. \"Books for Cross-Cultural Understanding.\"\n <i>\n The Reading Teacher\n </i>\n , Apr. 1991, 580–87. [\"… a compelling examination of the history of the Japanese people in the United States.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Jones, Trevelyn, and Luann Toth. \"Best Books of 1990.\"\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n , Dec. 1990, 22. [\"It's a moving personal testimony that results in an affirmation of life, told with dignity and without rancor.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n <i>\n Kirkus Reviews\n </i>\n , Apr. 1, 1990, 499. [\"This handsome book is not only an excellent introduction to an important, too little known chapter of American history, but a fine lesson in looking at the details and iconography of a work of art.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Pang, Valerie Ooka, and Carolyn Colvin. \"Struggle and Survival,\" The International Examiner Children's Literary Supplement\n <i>\n , Sept. 4, 1991, 8.\n </i>\n </p>\n <p>\n Philbrook, John.\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n , May 1990, 117. [\"There are other books on this subject… but none with the punch and universality of this one.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Polese, Carolyn. \"War Through Children's Eyes.\"\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n , Apr. 1991, 43–44.\n </p>\n <p>\n <i>\n Publishers Weekly\n </i>\n , Feb. 9, 1990, 64. [\"Though flawed, the work is a dramatic and visually arresting exploration of an important topic.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Rochman, Hazel. \"The Asian American Experience: Nonfiction.\"\n <i>\n Booklist\n </i>\n , Nov. 1, 1992, 502–03. [\"Her story is one of prejudice and fierce injustice, personal and official, and she is passionate about what happened to her people.\"]\n </p>\n <p>\n Sutton, Roger.\n <i>\n Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\n </i>\n , Mar, 1990, 162. [\"While the scenes depicted should not be forgotten, this largely lacks the individual vision that truly lead a reader/viewer to informed empathy, though it is a useful, sometimes striking, introduction to a terrible time.\"]\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"footnotes": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n Footnotes\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <div class=\"reflist\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n <div class=\"mw-references-wrap\">\n <ol class=\"references\">\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n John Philbrook,\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n , May 1990, 117;\n <i>\n Kirkus Reviews\n </i>\n , Apr. 1, 1990, 499, accessed on June 29, 2015 at\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sheila-hamanaka-2/the-journey-japanese-americans-racism-and-renew/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sheila-hamanaka-2/the-journey-japanese-americans-racism-and-renew/\n </a>\n ; and\n <i>\n Publishers Weekly\n </i>\n , Feb. 9, 1990, 64.\n </span>\n </li>\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref2-2\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref2_2-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n Philbrook,\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n , 117; Trevelyn Jones and Luann Toth, \"Best Books of 1990,\"\n <i>\n School Library Journal\n </i>\n , Dec. 1990, 22; Lee Galda, and Susan Cox, \"Books for Cross-Cultural Understanding.\"\n <i>\n The Reading Teacher\n </i>\n , Apr. 1991, 585; Roger Sutton,\n <i>\n The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books\n </i>\n , March 1990, 162; and\n <i>\n Publishers Weekly\n </i>\n , Feb. 9, 1990, 64.\n </span>\n </li>\n </ol>\n </div>\n </div>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20230521153656\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.023 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.030 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 388/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 7766/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1907/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 5/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 1430/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 20.163 1 -total\n 12.31% 2.483 1 Template:Reflist\n 11.62% 2.342 1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 10.50% 2.117 1 Template:Databox-Books\n 6.75% 1.360 1 Template:AuthorByline\n 6.62% 1.335 1 Template:Published\n 6.44% 1.298 1 Template:FindAtIA\n 6.39% 1.288 1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:2422-0!canonical and timestamp 20230521153656 and revision id 29896\n -->\n </div>\n</div>",
"findatia": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Find_in_the_Digital_Library_of_Japanese_American_Incarceration\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Find_in_the_Digital_Library_of_Japanese_American_Incarceration\">\n Find in the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n <b>\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://archive.org/details/journeyjapanesea00hama\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n The Journey\n </a>\n </b>\n </p>\n <p style=\"font-size:8pt;line-height:1.5;color: #aaa;\">\n This item has been made freely available in the\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://archive.org/details/digital-library-of-japanese-american-incarceration\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration\n </a>\n , a collaborative project with\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://archive.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n Internet Archive\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n <p>\n <br/>\n Might also like:\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Home of the Brave (book)/\" title=\"Home of the Brave (book)\">\n Home of the Brave\n </a>\n </i>\n by Allen Say;\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/So Far from the Sea (book)/\" title=\"So Far from the Sea (book)\">\n So Far from the Sea\n </a>\n </i>\n by Eve Bunting;\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/A Place Where Sunflowers Grow (book)/\" title=\"A Place Where Sunflowers Grow (book)\">\n A Place Where Sunflowers Grow\n </a>\n </i>\n by Amy Lee-Tai\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>"
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