Book Descriptions
for My Hiroshima by Junko Morimoto
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Based on childhood memories, the Japanese artist recalls her life in Hiroshima before and after the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945. A spare text combined with detailed pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations contrasts the daily life routines before the bomb with the devastation afterwards. (Ages 9-12)
CCBC Choices 1990 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1990. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
"This picture-book memoir of the 1945 Hiroshima tragedy is extraordinary. With delicate Japanese-style watercolors, photographs, and a spare text written from a child's perspective, it tells the horrifying story of an ordinary little girl whose family suffered through and miraculously survived the first atomic attack. . . . Her message of peace is . . . powerful and clear".--Entertainment Weekly. Publishers Weekly Critic's Choice, 1990. Full-color illustrations.
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