Sheila Hamanaka

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Sheila Hamanaka is an American children's author, and illustrator.

Life

She is a Sansei Japanese American,[1] the daughter of actor Conrad Yama. Hamanaka lives in Tappan, New York.[2]

Awards

Works

  • The journey: Japanese Americans, racism and renewal. Orchard Books. 1990. ISBN 978-0-531-05849-7.
  • Peace Crane. Morrow Junior Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-688-13815-8.
  • On the wings of peace. Clarion Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-395-72619-8.
  • All the Colors of the Earth. HarperCollins. 1999. ISBN 978-0-688-17062-2.
  • In Search Of The Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan, 1999 Morrow Junior, Sheila Hamanaka, Ayano Ohmi, ISBN 978-0-688-14607-8
  • Grandparents Song. HarperCollins. 2003. ISBN 978-0-688-17852-9.
  • The boy who loved all living things: the imaginary childhood journal of Albert Schweitzer. Animal Welfare Institute. 2006. ISBN 978-0-938414-98-8.[3]

Illustrations

Criticism

Reviews

Hamanaka, author and illustrator of Peace Crane and All the Colors of the Earth, writes in a clear, straightforward prose that seems inspired by the focused simplicity of the masters she and Ohmi interviewed. Hamanaka's illustrations and Ohmi's calligraphy work beautifully with the text.[4]

References