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A Social Justice Picture Book: Jolene Gutiérrez on Writing Unbreakable with the Late Min Tonai (Special Guest John Tonai)

A Social Justice Picture Book: Jolene Gutiérrez on Writing Unbreakable with the Late Min Tonai (Special Guest John Tonai)

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In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze welcomes author and teacher librarian Jolene Gutiérrez and John Tonai, son of Minoru "Min" Tonai, to discuss the powerful picture book Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp.Jolene shares how a childhood lesson from her grandparents about Amache — a Japanese American incarceration camp in southeastern Colorado — planted a seed that grew into a decades-long mission to bring Min's story to young readers. From their first phone call in 2017 to a signed contract in 2023, Jolene and Min built a collaboration rooted in trust and a shared belief that this history must never be forgotten. John reflects on his father's quiet, behind-the-scenes advocacy, the emotional weight of signing books in his absence, and what it meant to finally stand at the door of his father's barrack at Amache and realize that every repeated story had been living inside him all along.Whether you're a teacher looking for a picture book that opens honest conversations about civil rights and injustice, a parent wanting to share difficult history with care, or a reader who believes the best books are both feeling books and discussion books, this episode is a moving celebration of one unbreakable family — and the storytellers who made sure their truth reached the children who need it most.Read the transcript on ⁠The Children's Book Review⁠.Highlights:A Seed Planted at Twelve: How Jolene first learned about Amache from her grandparents — not her history class — and why that gap became the driving force behind this bookSix Years in the Making: Why Jolene shifted from a broad nonfiction project to one person's intimate story — and what that journey to publication looked likeWalking Through His Front Door: John's experience photographing Amache and realizing his father's endlessly repeated stories had been living inside him all alongThe Fire in Min: What Jolene saw in Min that told her this wasn't just a story about the past — it was a warning and a promise about the futureThe Words Are Fixed, the Interpretations Are Infinite: On what it means for a story to leave its author's hands and become the reader's ownNotable Quote:"He was telling this story so that it never happens again." —Jolene GutiérrezBooks Mentioned:Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp by Minoru Tonai and Jolene Gutiérrez, illustrated by Chris Sasaki: ⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠About Jolene Gutiérrez:Jolene Gutiérrez is an author and teacher librarian whose work is rooted in bringing underrepresented histories to young readers. Unbreakable is her debut picture book. Visit: ⁠https://www.jolenegutierrez.com/⁠About John Tonai:John Tonai is the son of Minoru "Min" Tonai, whose lived experience as a Japanese American child incarcerated at Amache is the heart of Unbreakable. Following his father's passing in 2023, John and his sisters have carried the book forward with care. Visit: ⁠https://www.unbreakablemintonai.com/⁠Densho — Min Tonai's oral history interviewsInterview I: ⁠https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-354-1/⁠ Interview II: ⁠https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-302-1/⁠ Densho main oral history collection: ⁠https://densho.org/collections/oral-history/⁠Amache National Historic SiteNPS official page: ⁠https://www.nps.gov/amch⁠ Chris SasakiPersonal website: ⁠http://www.csasaki.com⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/christopher_sasaki/⁠Credits:Host: Bianca SchulzeGuests: Jolene Gutiérrez and John TonaiAudio Editor: Kelly RinkProducer: Bianca Schulze
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