Sheila Hamanaka is an American freelancechildren's author andillustrator.

Hamanaka is aSanseiJapanese American,^[1] the daughter of actorConrad Yama and Mary Takaoka of the Vaudeville groupTaka Sisters. She has two older siblings; the writer and musicianV. Vale, and musician/singer Lionelle Hamanaka.^[2]

Hamanaka lives inTappan, New York.^[3]

• 1992American Book Award forThe Journey

• 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.^[4]
• Pablo Puppy's Search for the Perfect Person. Animal Welfare Institute. 2008.ISBN 978-0-938414-91-9.

• 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.

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

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• American women children's writers
• American writers of Japanese descent
• People from Tappan, New York
• American Book Award winners
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