Henry Carter Hull

When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami cranes to her grandmother for her birthday.

Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.

Yoko wants to show her classmates the antique doll her grandparents sent to her for Girl's Festival Day, but when her mother tells her that she cannot bring the doll to school, Yoko decides to do it anyway.

A mother passes on the tradition of making quilts, or "Show ways", that serve as secret maps for freedom seeking slaves.