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A poetic and moving picture book biography celebrating the life and work of the visionary Japanese American woodworker George Nakashima.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, George Nakashima began a love story with trees that grew throughout his remarkable life as architect, designer and woodworker. During World War II, George, with his wife Marion and their baby daughter, endured incarceration in Minidoka prison camp, where he drew comfort from the discipline of woodworking. Once free, George dedicated the rest of his life to crafting furniture from fallen or discarded trees, giving fresh purpose and dignity to each tree, and promoting a more peaceful world.
Author Holly Thompson narrates Nakashima’s life using haibun, a combination of haiku and prose, which twines smoothly through Toshiki Nakamura’s earthy illustrations. A foreword by Nakashima’s daughter Mira and robust back matter will deepen young readers' understanding of woodworking and poetry and offer added insights to the work of a master artisan.
About the Author
T. KOEI KUWAHARA, SENSEI, has been a teacher of aikido and iaido for 40 years. He is an acupuncturist focusing on Traditional Japanese Acupuncture (Hari style of meridian therapy), and Japanese medical ki gung for over 35 years. MITCH ABBLETT, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and consultant with a private practice. The author of The Five Hurdles to Happiness and From Anger to Action, he has been the executive director of the Institution for Meditation and Psychotherapy and was for eleven years clinical director of Manville School at Judge Baker's Children's Center at Harvard University. DR. CHRISTOPHER WILLARD, PsyD, is an author and educator who teaches at Harvard Medical School and serves on the board of the Mindfulness in Education Network and the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. An established speaker in both meditation and psychotherapy communities, he regularly leads workshops and presents at conferences around the world. He is the author of numerous books, including Alphabreaths and Raising Resilience, and he is the coauthor of Breathing Makes It Better.
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