Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker

A picture-book biography of Japanese American woodworker George Nakashima, told in graceful haibun (haiku woven with prose). Follow his lifelong love of trees from the Pacific Northwest, through his incarceration at Minidoka during World War II, to the beloved furniture he crafted from salvaged wood. Includes a foreword by Mira Nakashima and back matter.

By: Holly Thompson, illustrated by Toshiki Nakamura
Format: Hardcover picture book, 48 pages
Ages: 7–10