After Jiro encounters a life-like garden statue of a tall bird, he falls asleep and dreams of the story his mother once told him about a grateful crane.

• ISBN: 9780547214108
• Author: Say, Allen
• Illustrator: Say, Allen
• Published: 2010 , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Themes: Birds, cranes, Dreams, Imagination, Storytelling
• Descriptors: Asia, Fantasy, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32