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Tea with Milk (Rise and Shine) Paperback – Picture Book, May 4, 2009

by Allen Say (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
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With elegant watercolors, Allen Say's beautiful picture book is a moving tribute to his parents and their path to discovering where home really is.

At home in San Francisco, May speaks Japanese and the family eats rice and miso soup and drinks green tea. When she visits her friends’ homes, she eats fried chicken and spaghetti.

May plans someday to go to college and live in an apartment of her own. But when her family moves back to Japan, she soon feels lost and homesick for America.

In Japan everyone calls her by her Japanese name, Masako. She has to wear kimonos and sit on the floor. Poor May is sure that she will never feel at home in this country. Eventually May is expected to marry and a matchmaker is hired.

Outraged at the thought, May sets out to find her own way in the big city of Osaka. The accompanying story of his mother and her journey as a young woman is heartfelt. Tea with Milk vividly portrays the graceful formality of Japan and captures the struggle between two cultures as May strives to live out her own life.

Alongside his Caldecott Medal-winning Grandfather’s Journey, in Tea with Milk, master storyteller Allen Say continues to chronicle his family’s history between Japan and California.

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  1. Reading age
    4 - 7 years
  2. Part of series
    Rise and Shine
  3. Print length
    32 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  6. Lexile measure
    AD630L
  7. Dimensions
    9.75 x 0.13 x 10.75 inches
  8. Publisher
    Clarion Books
  9. Publication date
    May 4, 2009
  10. ISBN-10
    0547237472
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0547237473
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"Continuing to explore place and home, Say tells the story of his mother, first introduced to readers in TREE OF CRANES. Born in California to Japanese immigrants, Masako is miserable when she moves to Japan with her parents after high school. The illustrations capture Masako's unhappiness and also her eventual contentment as she learns to combine two cultures." Horn Book

In describing how his parents met, Say continues to explore the ways that differing cultures can harmonize; raised near San Francisco and known as May everywhere except at home, where she is Masako, the child who will grow up to be Say's mother becomes a misfit when her family moves back to Japan. Rebelling against attempts to force her into the mold of a traditional Japanese woman, she leaves for Osaka, finds work as a department store translator, and meets Joseph, a Chinese businessman who not only speaks English, but prefers tea with milk and sugar, and persuades her that ``home isn't a place or a building that's ready-made or waiting for you, in America or anywhere else.'' Painted with characteristic control and restraint, Say's illustrations, largely portraits, begin with a sepia view of a sullen child in a kimono, gradually take on distinct, subdued color, and end with a formal shot of the smiling young couple in Western dress. A stately cousin to Ina R. Friedman's How My Parents Learned To Eat (1984), also illustrated by Say.
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About the Author

Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, and came to the United States when he was sixteen. His many treasured books for children include Tree of Cranes, Allison, and the Caldecott Medal–winning Grandfather's Journey. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books; 1st edition (May 4, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0547237472
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0547237473
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD630L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.75 x 0.13 x 10.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 139 ratings

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Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937. He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of six, and, at age twelve, apprenticed himself to his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei. For the next four years, Say learned to draw and paint under the direction of Noro, who has remained Say's mentor. Say illustrated his first children's book -- published in 1972 -- in a photo studio between shooting assignments. For years, Say continued writing and illustrating children's books on a part-time basis. 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. It was then that Say decided to make a full commitment to doing what he loves best: writing and illustrating children's books. Since then, he has written and illustrated many books, including TREE OF CRANES and GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal. He is a full-time writer and illustrator living in Portland, Oregon.

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Soledad Spooner
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
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My daughter fell in love with this book from an assignment she did. Speedy shipping too.
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Sylvia Porter-Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars Tea and Milk go well together
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2020
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It was a very sweet short story that reflected the ambition of a young girl who eventually encountered love, while adjusting to life in Japan, which was not where she was born. May learned that though some things in life change, some things remain the same, like her love for tea with milk.
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Mahler
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book for a third culture kid
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2020
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As mother to "Third Culture Kids" this book made me teary eyed. This book and Grandfather's Journey (which is related to this one) are both beautiful books that illustrate the tension between homes for children who grow up in more than one place.
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Rev. Joe, author of The Gospel According to Joe
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2022
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Allan Say is a great story teller.
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M. Anthony
4.0 out of 5 stars Tea with Milk
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2010
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The book is charmingly illustrated, equal with the story. The overall comment I observe from those that have read it is: " what a nice story"!
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Monique Arritt
5.0 out of 5 stars TCK understanding
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2021
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We love his books. Straight to the heart of a TCK.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ... a social studies unit as well as just a wonderful read-aloud. My students really liked it
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2017
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I used this as a read-aloud with my second graders in conjunction with Grandfather's Journey--was accompaniment to a social studies unit as well as just a wonderful read-aloud. My students really liked it, and one student in particular went back to re-read it many times.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Book damaged in packaging
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1.0 out of 5 stars Book damaged in packaging
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Sam
5.0 out of 5 stars Home is something you can make
Reviewed in Japan on September 29, 2018
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It is encouraging to know there was someone before my time went through this and made it through.
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Reviewed in Japan on August 7, 2014
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アレン・セイ氏の著作と言えば、コルデット賞受賞の『Grandfather's Journey』が有名ですが、
独特の陰影と東西の間を象徴するかのような間色は、この本のほうによく活かされていると思います。

物語は、著者の母親の少女時代から、著者が生まれることになる成り行きが書かれていますが、
他著と同様、削ぎ落とした表現と相俟って、淡々とした美しさで進みます。

著者は名作を沢山出していますが、Tea with milk が特徴的なのは、
「東洋と東洋の混血者（著者）が西洋に住むこと」
の複雑な人生が、光、陰、間が印象的な本作を生み出したと感じられます。
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