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#ConflictedWorlds Day 7: #PersonVsWar - This is also a picturebook biography where the endpapers are part of the overall narrative, providing the much needed historical context from which the moving story is based. Clearly, Miss Breed has redefined the role of a librarian. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-kkt

Such a touching and powerful true story about San Diego children‘s librarian Clara Breed who wrote letters and sent books and crafts to her young Japanese-American patrons to keep their spirits up while they were interned during WWII.😭(Photo: Miss Breed with grown-up patrons at 50 year reunion!)
And thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for putting #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin in the same column, so I could score a BINGO this time! 😆
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Reading is good for the spirit and immeasurable.

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A heartbreaking true story of letters interned Japanese American children wrote to their beloved librarian who tried to keep them supplied with books. This is history not taught and this book should be in every classroom.

Hey Littens! I know we have the #litsylove group and i thought this idea was amazing when i saw it on my local news! Its sending cards to elderly folks just to brighten their day! I will definitely be making some cards!

There are some “rules” to what you can and cant write in the cards. Here all the info:

https://lovefortheelderly.org/letters

Miss Breed, a public librarian, sent books and wrote letters to many of her former young patrons after they and their families were forced into internment camps during WWII.

I personally need to read more about this time in our nation‘s history so I‘m glad this book exists for young readers. Also, I can only hope to make a portion of the impact Miss Breed made during my time as a librarian. ❤️

So sweet that a librarian stayed in touch with her young patrons as they were all shuffled away from their homes during this time. She made an impact on all of their lives 📚💕 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What a wonderful story to come out of a terrible moment in our country‘s history. The book is likely a tad whitewashed, but I am glad that there were those like Miss Breed then.

The internment and mistreatment of Japanese Americans during WWII has always bewildered and incensed me. This true story connects kids not only to this sad part of American History, but also highlights a brave American woman who did something to help alter a horrendous situation. #makingadifference #picturebook

During World War II children and adults of Japanese descent were imprisoned in the US for no other reason than racism and fear.

Clara Breed, a librarian in San Diego, kept in contact with families during their imprisonment, exchanging letters and sending books & supplies.

This is a great story for grade schoolers, and a tragic event in our history that we should not forget or sweep aside in an effort to glorify WWII.

7/100 #crossculturalstories