Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden Parrot Two girls meet in boarding

Two girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love—only to learn the pain of loss

Ed Emberley shows would-be artists how to create owls

--Roger Sutton

Brilliant illustrations of the first battle cry for American independence spring from the pages of Paul Revere's Ride

More than three thousand years ago

Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden Parrot Two girls meet in boarding"Smith spins a quietly moving narrative Wada's large scale woodblock style illustrations are a perfect complement to the story's restrained text The graceful way in which this book handles a sensitive and serious subject makes it a first purchase." School Library Journal When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father . . . and his voice. The entire village is silenced by grief, and the young child's anger at the ocean grows. Then