Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu

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BEYOND ME

February 26, 2020

BEYOND ME June 2020

Last February, I was so thankful to have finished the final galleys of my second verse novel, Beyond Me,...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
January 7, 2020

An Inspiration

Toida-san started farming when he was seventeen years old. His family owned land from their house (north of ours)...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
January 6, 2020

Birds of BEYOND ME

I see birds everywhere in west Tokyo. They are in my garden and in the farmer’s fields outside our...

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January 6, 2020

The Cat

All along, I knew there would be a cat in Beyond Me. From the beginning I knew the cat...

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Instagram

This happened overnight. Not sure how I missed the stages. Planted outside SIL’s kitchen window. I check every morning and afternoon to see if they need water. Feeling more baffled than cheated of anticipation. First morning glory of the season at our house. Happy to catch it.

"An essential read, especially for anxious tweens in these uncertain times."

Booklist, starred review of BEYOND ME

SOMEWHERE AMONG

November 20, 2015

Somewhere Among

Set in Japan 2001. Ema is an eleven-year-old American-Japanese girl; bi-cultural, bilingual and bi-national with an American mother and...

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November 17, 2015

Writing Somewhere Among

I didn’t set out to write about 9-11. At the time of the earthquake and tsunami March 11, 2011,...

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November 17, 2015

Heiwa no Daitō, The Great Pagoda of Peace

Over the years, I have seen this building rising from the treetops on our way to and from the...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 9, 2015

Peace Doll

Over twenty years ago, as I was getting off the train at my station, a Japanese woman handed me...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 9, 2015

Here and There Japan

My blog of this and that from here and there in Japan is written especially for children. It was...

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November 9, 2015

Story Calendar with Links

Somewhere Among  takes place in Japan 2001. Anniversaries, holidays, solstices, and historical events that Japan and the United States...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 9, 2015

Story Playlist

Many songs influenced the writing of Somewhere Among. I have included links to some of them. I listened to...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 9, 2015

Numbering Dickinson, Knowing Stevenson

Emily Dickinson did not number her poems. She didn’t give them titles. My college anthology of American literature (1978)...

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November 9, 2015

Bullying and Resolving Conflict

ANTI-BULLYING DAYS & WEEKS & MONTHS Across the world, days, weeks and months have been set aside to spotlight...

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November 9, 2015

International Day of Peace for Peace One Day

International Day of Peace is on September 21. The 2017 theme is Together for Peace, Safety, Respect & Dignity...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 8, 2015

Promoting Peace

Many opportunities for peace and conflict resolution educational programs and activities can be found through the following links: President...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 8, 2015

Japan-U.S. Friendship

GIFTS OF TREES, 1910 – present You may know the long and interesting history of Japan’s 1912 gift of...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 8, 2015

The Ehime Maru February 2001

On February 9, 2001, The Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school fishery training boat, sank 9 miles off Diamond...

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November 8, 2015

Mayors for Peace August 2001

On August 2, 2001, the 5th World Conference of Mayors for Peace opened first in Hiroshima. Events were also...

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November 8, 2015

Hiroshima on August 6, 2001

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan visited the annual Hiroshima Memorial Service for the Dead and the Peace Memorial...

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November 8, 2015

Nagasaki on August 9, 2001

Mayor Itcho Ito of Nagasaki City read “The Nagasaki Peace Declaration” and warned that “the nuclear threat is now...

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November 8, 2015

National Veterans Awareness Week November 2001

President George W. Bush, XLIII, proclaimed November 11, 2001, as Veterans Day. He encouraged all Americans to observe November...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 8, 2015

Pearl Harbor Memorial on December 7, 2001

President George Bush marked the 2001 anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by declaring December 7 as National...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 8, 2015

9-11 Memorials

This page is a work in progress, but for now, here are some links: From Scholastic     Understanding...

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November 8, 2015

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2016

This year 2016 is the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For more information, check this website,...

by anniedonwerth-chikamatsu
November 7, 2015

ISS International Space Station

image credit:  NASA   Facilities around the world support the operation and management of the International Space Station.    The...

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November 7, 2015

Mamoru Mohri, Japan’s First Astronaut

image credit:  NASA Mamoru Mohri (spelling used on NASA site) was Japan’s first astronaut on STS-47, Spacelab-J, a cooperative...

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November 7, 2015

Chiaki Mukai, Japan’s First Woman Astronaut

image credit :  NASA Chiaki Mukai was selected as a payload specialist for the International Microgravity Laboratory on board...

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November 7, 2015

Space View of New York City on September 11, 2001

image and text credit:  NASA Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes...

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Somewhere Among

SOMEWHERE AMONG

SOMEWHERE AMONG 2016 Writers’ League of Texas Book Award

"A tender piece about connectedness. "

Kirkus, starred review of SOMEWHERE AMONG

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