The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice

Say, Allen

ISBN 10: 0395705622 / ISBN 13: 9780395705629

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1994

About this Item

149 pp. Light wear on dust jacket. Pages very clean; tight binding. Signed by author. First Edition. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in Tall. Year: 1994. Seller Inventory # BBS-043640

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Living on his own in postwar Japan, a determined young boy from an aristocratic family apprentices himself to one of Japan's foremost cartoonists, in an autobiographical novel by the Caldecott Medalist for Grandfather's Journey. Reissue.

About the Author:

Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937. He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of six, and, at age twelve, apprenticed himself to his favorite cartoonist, Noro Shinpei. For the next four years, Say learned to draw and paint under the direction of Noro, who has remained Say's mentor. Say illustrated his first children's book -- published in 1972 -- in a photo studio between shooting assignments. For years, Say continued writing and illustrating children's books on a part-time basis. But in 1987, while illustrating THE BOY OF THE THREE-YEAR NAP (Caldecott Honor Medal), he recaptured the joy he had known as a boy working in his master's studio. It was then that Say decided to make a full commitment to doing what he loves best: writing and illustrating children's books. Since then, he has written and illustrated many books, including TREE OF CRANES and GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal. He is a full-time writer and illustrator living in Portland, Oregon.