![]() ![]() Raised near San Francisco, Masako (her American friends called her May) is uprooted after high school when her parents return to their Japanese homeland. Say's masterfully executed watercolors tell as much of this story about a young woman's challenging transition from America to Japan as his eloquent, economical prose. He is a full-time writer and illustrator living in Portland, Oregon. ![]() Since then, he has written and illustrated many books, including TREE OF CRANES and GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal. It was then that Say decided to make a full commitment to doing what he loves best: writing and illustrating children's books. But in 1987, while illustrating THE BOY OF THE THREE-YEAR NAP (Caldecott Honor Medal), he recaptured the joy he had known as a boy working in his master's studio. For years, Say continued writing and illustrating children's books on a part-time basis. Say illustrated his first children's book - published in 1972 - in a photo studio between shooting assignments. For the next four years, Say learned to draw and paint under the direction of Noro, who has remained Say's mentor. ![]() He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of six, and, at age twelve, apprenticed himself to his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei. Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937. ![]()
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