The Bracelet

by Yoshiko Uchida, illustrated by Joanna Yardley
Amazon Price: $11.17
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding (1993)

Synopsis:
In 1942 America, seven-year-old Emi and her Japanese-American family are forced to leave their home, a situation that becomes even more devastating when she loses a precious gold bracelet, a gift from her best friend.

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The Hand-Me-Down Horse

by Marion Hess Pomeranc, Kathy Tucker (Editor), illustrated by Joanna Yardley
Amazon Price: $11.17
Reading level: Ages 4-8
School & Library Binding (1996)

Synopsis:
It is just after World War II and David and his family, having fled from Nazi terror, are waiting to go to America. One day, an old rocking horse appears at the door. A note says it is from a child who has already left for the new land. Astride the hand-me-down horse, David and his friend Martha dream of America. When the time comes for David to leave, he gives the horse to just the right person.

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It's Funny Where Ben's Train Takes Him

by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Joanna Yardley
Amazon Price: $11.17
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (1999)

Synopsis:
The fantasy begins when Ben steps inside one of the pictures on his wall and invites children to accompany him on a railway tour of his bedroom....

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