Kimiko Kajikawa

Ojiisan, the old man in a village, decides not to go to the rice ceremony with the rest of the village. He chooses to watch from his balcony, which allows him to see a great danger coming towards the village: a Tsunami! I chose this book because of the illustrations done by Ed Young. He uses one of my favorite styles, collage, to bring the story to life and add texture and dimension to the page. The story needs this dimension and almost 3-D look because of the topic. A plain wave would not be as scary.… (more)