Sheila Hamanaka

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

Life

She is a Sansei Japanese American,^[1] the daughter of actor Conrad Yama. Hamanaka lives in Tappan, New York.^[2]

Awards

• 1992 American Book Award

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. ^[3]

Illustrations

• Myra Kornfeld (2005). The Healthy Hedonist: More Than 200 Delectable Flexitarian Recipes for Relaxed Daily Feasts. Illustrator Sheila Hamanaka. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-5570-7. 

Criticism

• "The "It Girl's" Guide To Chemo ", WBAI.org
• "Slanted Screen: Emasculation of the Asian Male In Film", WBAI.org

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.^[4]

References