Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) | Ainsworth Public Library

1) Yoko

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When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself.

2) Yoko's paper cranes

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Wells, Rosemary

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When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami cranes to her grandmother for her birthday.

3) Yoko writes her name

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Wells, Rosemary

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CR - AAPI Picture Books

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Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.

4) Yoko's show-and-tell

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Wells, Rosemary

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When Yoko receives an heirloom doll from her grandparents in Japan, she takes it to school against her mother's orders to share with her classmates, only to have it damaged by bullies on the bus before her grandparents are due to visit.

5) Yoko learns to read

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Wells, Rosemary

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CR - AAPI Picture Books

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Despite the doubts of some classmates and her native-born Japanese mother's inability to read English, Yoko finds the key to reading and catches up with the other students in putting new leaves on the classroom's book tree.

6) Yoko finds her way , Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 6

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Wells, Rosemary