Tree+of+Cranes



Genre: memoir

Setting: Japan

Characters: boy (Allen Say), mother, father

Summary: First the boy was at the pond even tho his mother told him not to. Then when he got home his mother was folding origami papeer for a very special wish. Next his mother ran a bath for him and made himh rice gruel,because she thaught he was sick.And his mother would not keep him company like she always does.Later ,mother was digging in the snow he wondered what she was doing.Then she came in the house with a little tree in her hands.Then she

Important vocabulary: radiant, fierce, fetch, caution, receive, reply, apologize,rice gruel,

Questions: Why couldn't he wear long pants?

Connections to Allen Say's Life:There both Japanese and it's also him.

Themes:He learns what christmas is.