It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way | 
“Gyo, along with the others living on the East Coast, was told to stay where she was”
“Gyo, along with the others living on the East Coast, was told to stay where she was”
This story would be used well to showcase a history lesson on Japanese internment camps and the history of racism during ww2
so-soIt Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear is a picture book biography about Japanese American artist Gyo Fujikawa. This story talks about Gyo‘s struggle with racism, her love or art and her time in an internment camp. This story is full beautiful illustrations that showcase Gyo‘s life.
pickA poignant picture book biography of Japanese American artist Gyo Fujikawa (1908-1998), an iconoclast with a passion for social justice. Canadians Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad both read Fujikawa‘s books when they were children and say she inspired their own work in creating children‘s books that portray diversity. A stunning #picturebook for #AllAges. #kidlit
Fujikawa‘s first author-illustrated book, Babies, portrayed children of all skin colours. It was several years before she could convince her publisher to take it on, but she was adamant. It was published in 1963 and sold nearly 2,000,000 copies.
The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII is showing up in my reading for the second time in a week.
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