Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker

by Holly Thompson

A poetic and moving picture book biography celebrating the life and work of the visionary Japanese American woodworker George Nakashima.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, George Nakashima began a love story with trees that grew throughout his remarkable life as an architect, designer and woodworker.

During World War II, George, with his wife Marion and their baby daughter, endured incarceration in Minidoka prison camp, where...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082345049X
• ISBN13: 9780823450497
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Neal Porter Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7