Description

This sweet story, intended for lower elementary grades, is intended to provide a window for discussing earthquakes, tsunamis, marine debris, preparedness and cultural awareness in the classroom and within families.

On April 7, 2013, a little over two years after the magnitude 9 Tohoku-oki Japan earthquake triggered a massive tsunami off the coast of northeastern Japan, a lone boat washed up on the shores of Crescent City, California. The confirmation of the boat as belonging to a high school in Rikuzentakata was first step in an amazing story that has linked two tsunami-vulnerable communities on opposite sides of the Pacific and initiated friendships between high school students in Rikuzentakata. This story is now told in a children’s book to be released by Humboldt State University Press in November, 2015. Co-authored by Humboldt State University Emeritus Geology Professor Lori Dengler and Amya Miller, the Director of Global Public Relations in Rikuzentakata, the book features illustrations by Arcata artist Amy Uyeki.

ISBN

978-0-9966731-8-1

Publication Date

2015

Publisher

Humboldt State University Press

City

Arcata

Keywords

Tsunamis, Japan, Juvenile non-fiction, Earthquakes, Cultural Exchange

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Oceanography | Tectonics and Structure

Comments

This sweet story, intended for lower elementary grades, is intended to provide a window for discussing earthquakes, tsunamis, marine debris, preparedness and cultural awareness in the classroom and within families.

Author Interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm-e3mJAQq8

Recommended Citation

Dengler, Lori; Miller, Amya; and Uyeki, Amy. The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome; A Tsunami Boat Comes Home. Humboldt State University Press, 2015. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/monographs/1.

Creative Commons License

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