Erika-San

Caldecott Medalist Allen Say creates a beautiful story about an American girl who seeks adventure in Japan and discovers more than she could have imagined.<br><br>In her grandmother's house there is one Japanese print of a small house with lighted windows. Even as a small girl, Erika loved that picture.<br><br>It will pull her through childhood, across vast oceans and modern cities, then into towns - older, quieter places - she has only ever dreamed about.<br><br>But Erika cannot truly know what she will find there, among the rocky seacoasts, the rice paddies, the circle of mountains, and the class of children.<br><br>For Erika-san, can Japan be all that she has imagined?