Sheila Hamanaka

Sheila Hamanaka is an American freelance children's author, and illustrator.

Sheila Hamanaka
NationalitySansei Japanese-American
Occupationchildren's author and illustrator
Known for1992 American Book Award

Life

Hamanaka is a Sansei Japanese American,[1] the daughter of actor Conrad Yama and Mary Takaoka of the Vaudeville group Taka Sisters. She has two older siblings; the writer and musician V. Vale, and musician/singer Lionelle Hamanaka.[2]

Hamanaka lives in Tappan, New York.[3]

Awards

Works
  • The journey: Japanese Americans, racism and renewal. Orchard Books. 1990. ISBN 978-0-531-05849-7.
  • Peace Crane. Morrow Junior Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-688-13815-8.
  • On the wings of peace. Clarion Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-395-72619-8.
  • All the Colors of the Earth. HarperCollins. 1999. ISBN 978-0-688-17062-2.
  • In Search Of The Spirit: The Living National Treasures of Japan, 1999 Morrow Junior, Sheila Hamanaka, Ayano Ohmi, ISBN 978-0-688-14607-8
  • Grandparents Song. HarperCollins. 2003. ISBN 978-0-688-17852-9.
  • The boy who loved all living things: the imaginary childhood journal of Albert Schweitzer. Animal Welfare Institute. 2006. ISBN 978-0-938414-98-8.[4]
  • Pablo Puppy's Search for the Perfect Person. Animal Welfare Institute. 2008. ISBN 978-0-938414-91-9.

Illustrations

Criticism

Reviews

Hamanaka, author and illustrator of Peace Crane and All the Colors of the Earth, writes in a clear, straightforward prose that seems inspired by the focused simplicity of the masters she and Ohmi interviewed. Hamanaka's illustrations and Ohmi's calligraphy work beautifully with the text.[5]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-12-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. onioneye. "The 'Double Life' of Journalist-Turned-Actor Conrad Yama (Hamanaka) « Writing & Democracy". Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  3. http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/16806/Sheila_Hamanaka/index.aspx
  4. "Sheila Hamanaka". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  5. Patricia Abe (May 30, 1999). "Treasures of Japan -- Its Living Artists". The San Francisco Chronicle.
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