Childrens picture book author and sydney resident junko morimoto wrote my hiroshima based on her own experience of the atomic bomb as. Hiroshima survivor junko morimoto gives her firsthand and painful account of the day the nuclear bomb was dropped on her beloved city. Facts about hiroshima are appended, as is a letter to parents and teachers detailing morimoto s reasons for writing this book. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. My hiroshima by junko morimoto 9780734416025 dymocks. I now live in sydney, but i was born and brought up in hiroshima. This book is a testimony that can be understood by many readers, according to their age level.
Dec 23, 2014 that was the day that an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima, the japanese city where she lived. I had many friends but my best friends were fumi and. She has written and illustrated many bestselling picture books including my hiroshima, the inch boy, kojuro and the bear winner cbc best picture book 1987, the two bullies winner cbc best picture book 1998 and run damon, run. When the bomb exploded on the morning of august 6 1945. The mouses marriage picture puffins by junko morimoto and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In 1945, as a thirteen year old, morimoto survived the atomic bombing of hiroshima. The white crane was commended in the childrens book council book of the year.
The reader is able to experience what hiroshima was like before the war and the atomic bomb a beautiful town that is surrounded. My hiroshima is an honest and heartbreaking book, as we follow young junk morimoto as she grows up in hiroshima during world war ii. Oct 05, 1990 my heroshima, a picture book memoir of the 1945 hiroshima tragedy, is extraordinary. Junko morimoto has 15 books on goodreads with 2398 ratings. An image from junko morimotos book my hiroshima shows the horrors of the atomic bomb blast 70 years ago.
It is surrounded by green mountains and looks towards the sea. That was the day that an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima, the japanese city where she lived. My hiroshima official pokemon ear kindle edition by. Facts about hiroshima are appended, as is a letter to parents and teachers detailing morimotos reasons for writing this book. In clear, graceful prose and attractive illustrations, airy with white space, she portrays a happy family existence and her early pleasure in drawing and painting, and comments briefly on unpleasant changes when the war beganas a teenager, her summer holidays were spent doing military. This book is author junko morimotos own memories of the bombing of city hiroshima 6th of august 1945 when she was a young girl.
First published in australia, widely praised, and subsequently translated into fourteen languages, the picture book my hiroshima is junkos powerful and deeply moving story of a. Buy this book this beautifully modulated memoir about. Dec 23, 2014 on 6 august, 1945, yearold junko morimotos life changed forever. She is the awardwinning author and illustrator of kojuro and the bear, the two bullies, the inch boy and the powerful contemporary classic, my hiroshima. The first is a picture book that tells the story of junko morimoto who stayed home from school on the 6th august 1945 and lived, while many friends died. Buy a cheap copy of my hiroshima book by junko morimoto. Dec 23, 2014 my hiroshima official pokemon ear morimoto, junko on. My hiroshima official pokemon ear kindle edition by junko. Show your support to to make nuclear weapons the target, visit. Junko morimoto is a published author and an illustrator of childrens books. First published in australia, widely praised, and subsequently translated into fourteen languages, the picture book my hiroshima is junkos powerful and deeply moving story of a period in history that should never be. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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First published in australia, widely praised, and subsequently translated into fourteen languages, the picture book my hiroshima is junkos powerful and deeply moving story of a period in history that should never be forgotten. Junko morimoto, author of my hiroshima, urged malcolm turnbull to. This peaceful existence came to a cruel and abrupt end on august 6. Dec 23, 2014 junko morimoto was born in hiroshima in 1932 and came to australia in 1982. Morimoto, who now lives in australia, describes the effect of the 1945 bombing on her childhood world.
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Asianaustralian childrens literature and publishing the. Junko morimoto, author, illustrator and sumi brush painting artist, graduated from kyoto university of fine arts with a major in western art. This nonfiction title in picture book format is a frank, powerful story in which both text and illustration work. My hiroshima by junko morimoto 9780734416025 booktopia. With delicate japanesestyle watercolors, photographs, and a spare text written from a childs perspective, it. The book was titled my hiroshima, written by junko morimoto. Hiroshima survivor junko morimoto gives her firsthand and painful account. She graduated from kyoto city university of fine art in 1955 and holds a bachelor of art degree and a teaching diploma. This is a picture book with a different picture on each page which is sometimes accompanied by a couple of lines. My hiroshima junko morimoto national library of australia.
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Junko morimoto books, biography, contact information. W wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Anne bower ingram the author recalls her happy childhood in hiroshima, abruptly halted on august 6, 1945, when her known world was hideously destroyed by an atomic bomb. The author personally experienced the hiroshima bombing and this is recollected as childs memories. Asianaustralian childrens literature and publishing. Junko morimoto was born in hiroshima and came to live in australia in 1982. The author recalls her happy childhood in hiroshima, abruptly halted on august 6, 1945, when her known world was hideously destroyed by an atomic bomb. The banks of the river were crowded with people, everyone wanted to be. Her books, which include the inch boy, mouses marriage, and my hiroshima, have been published in the united states, japan, australia, england, and other. My hiroshima official pokemon ear paperback december 23, 2014. The second is a picture book by toshi maruki that recounts a story that a woman told her when she visited an exhibition of. My heroshima, a picture book memoir of the 1945 hiroshima tragedy, is extraordinary.
Junko morimoto graduated from kyoto university of fine art and worked as an art teacher at an osaka high school before becoming art director of the childrens art studio in osaka. The artist tells her childhood memories of the bombing of hiroshima, and the aftermath. The reader is able to experience what hiroshima was like before the war and the atomic bomb a beautiful town that is surrounded by green mountains and looks towards the sea. The two bullies by junko morimoto penguin books australia. In her book my hiroshima morimoto described her experience in detail. Junko has become a prominent hibakusha in australia, where she resettled after. First published in 1987, this book received worldwide acclaim, and is used extensively in classrooms where peace is under discussion. Image from junko morimotos book my hiroshima shows blast victims being treated.
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