Review: The Boy Of The Three Year Nap By Allen Say

Allen say is children’s book author and illustrator, who originally came from Japan. He was born in 1937 in Yokohama, Japan to a mother who was a Japanese American and his father who was full Japanese, but was adopted by two British parents who raised him in Shanghai, China (Allen Say pg. 1). His early life wasn’t very easy with his parents getting a divorce when he was 12 years old. About four years after the divorce he would go on to live with his grandmother (Allen Say pg. 1). About two years after he moved in he asked for permission to live on his own (Allen Say pg. 1). Once on his own his journey on being coming an author and illustrator had begun. While living alone Say became fascinated with a popular cartoon artist named Noro Shinpei …show more content…
The pictures in this book are very life like. He makes his pictures not only something to look at but you can physically see how these characters feel and act. On page 6, readers area able to see what a hard worker the widow is as she sewed silk kimonos (The Boy of the Three Year Nap pg. 1). Another example is on page 7; readers can actually see how lazy taro is as he lays there while his mother works. Say says this is how some people are in Japan and he bases his paintings off really families in Japan and he says he likes to stick to the beauty of the Country with the colors and scenery of the illustrations (The Boy of the Three Year Nap pg. 1). Being from Japan I really think this makes Allen say an original author and it also what makes his work shine from everyone else’s. With that being said his stories will be more popular because his life is different from many others because his experiences are different. He had to go through a lot more than most American authors would have to go through. He is now living in Portland Oregon and like his grandfather he loves it their because he loves the mountains because it reminds him of home. He continues to write and illustrate till this