The Big Wave
First edition | |
| Author | Pearl S. Buck |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Hiroshige and Hokusai |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Set in | Japan |
| Publisher | John Day Company |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Publication place | United States |
The Big Wave is a children's novel by Pearl S. Buck, first published as a short story in the October 1947 issue of the magazine Jack and Jill with illustrations from Ann Eshner Jaffe. Buck expanded the story and published it in book form in 1948 through John Day Company, with illustrations from Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai.
Buck won the 1948 Child Study Association's Children's Book Award (now Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Josette Frank Award) for The Big Wave.