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Erika-San (2009)

by Allen Say(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0618889337 (ISBN13: 9780618889334)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: Date: November 9th, 2014Author: Allen Say Title: Erika-San Plot: From the day Erika saw the picture of a Japanese cottage with lighted windows, she knew she belonged there. After taking a teaching job in Japan, she finds herself relocating from the big frantic city of Tokyo, to a quiet Japanese island village. Will Erika find the place where she belongs? Setting: North America; Japan Characters: Erika-San; Mama-san; Papa-san; Akira Imai/Aki-sanPoint-of-View: Third-PersonTheme: Home; Sense-of-Belong; RomanceStyle: Narrative; Picture-book; Realistic illustrationsCopyright: 2009Notes: This is the third book I have read by Allen Say. I absolutely loved the storyline and the illustrations. The writing is simple, yet I found the book to be sophisticated in terms of the story and... more the romantic undertones in the book. I thought it was the best picture-book that involved romance. Overall the story is about Erika-san finding herself and figuring out where she belongs, yet the story transitions to the main character in a romance, which I wasn't expecting in this book. I do like how the romance was written out. It was very sweet and very innocent, which is something that I think parents who are reading the book to their children, or a young reader (ages seven to ten) would appreciate.
review 2: Erika enjoys a picture on her Grandmothers hallway wall. It is a picture of a cottage with its windows lighted. She finds out her Grandpa bought the picture in Japan. From then on she decides she wants to learn all she can about Japan. She studies Japanese in college and heads off to Japan by herself. She first comes to a big city, then moves to a smaller city, then moves to a town and finally finds a place she can settle in. She teaches school there and meets a nice young man. The story ends with her living in a house just like the one in the picture on her Grandmothers wall.I enjoyed this book a lot! The pictures were beautiful and enhanced the story. The story itself flowed well and made you want to keep reading to see where this Erika was going to end up. It held my interest until the last page. less

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