Awards and Honors2019 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor
ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - 2019
MRLS Cream of the Crop - 2019 CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Historical People, Places, and Events
ILA Teachers' Choices - 2019
Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story
The devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, drew the United States into World War II in 1941. But few are aware that several months later, the Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped bombs in the woods outside a small town in coastal Oregon. This is the story of those bombings, and what came after, when Fujita returned to Oregon twenty years later, this time to apologize. This remarkable true story, beautifully illustrated in watercolor, is an important and moving account of reconciliation after war. Author’s note. Selected sources. Full-color illustrations created with watercolor and mixed media.
A world of discovery awaits in this 14 book category. Elementary readers eager to know more about the world around them will learn much from diving into these nonfiction titles covering a diverse range of topics. A sure way to satisfy inquisitive minds.