Please welcome Katrina Moore as my guest author today! We are both in the New in 19 debut picture book group. One Hug is her debut picture book, and she also has Grandpa Grumps coming out in April of 2020! We are giving away a signed and inscribed copy of One Hug! To enter, please…
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Asian Culture and KidLit series: Nissin Foods Connection
This is our final installment of the Asian Culture and KidLit series with Andrea Wang. Asian Culture and KidLit series with Andrea Wang September 2018: Cover Reveal! Andrea’s MAGIC RAMEN: The Story of Momofuku Ando February 2019: Cover Reveal! Mia’s Sumo Joe April 2019: Sumo, Ramen Noodles & Chinese Connection June 2019: Tempura and Chankonabe (and how it’s related to our…
Interview Questions for Joyce Wan
I’ll be at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival in a few weeks and I’ll be interviewing three authors there on behalf of KidLitTV: Phil Bildner, Sandra Neil Wallace, and Joyce Wan. Today, I’m researching Joyce Wan. Let’s get started! Award-winning author-illustrator, Joyce Wan, designed her first greeting card when she was in first grade for a…
Obon Spirit Boats & 5 Obon Children’s Books
Big Catch On the beach, it’s like a festival/ but in the sea, they will hold funerals/ for the tens of thousands dead. Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko (1903-1930) I’ve been thinking a lot about Buddhist rituals now that my mom is at the end of life. The Buddhist services that I have attended have…
Rajani LaRocca Midsummer’s Mayhem Book Launch Party!
I’m thrilled that Sumo Joe shares a book birthday with Rajani LaRocca’s Midsummer Mayhem! She held a wonderful book launch party at The Concord Bookshop and it was fun to see other authors including Carol Gordon Ekster, Alison Goldberg, Susan Tan, Hayley Barrett, and Lisa Rogers. (Lisa is also part of my New in ’19…
109 Asian Pacific American Children’s and YA Books
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I am creating. a huge list of Asian-Pacific American children’s books. I am going to give a shout-out to all the AAPI children’s book authors and illustrators that I can think of with a book published in the last 18 months. I will be listing them…
14 Wonderful Children’s Books About Thailand
Read these wonderful children’s books about Thailand and learn about the country’s beautiful culture! These stories are sure to delight your young reader. A teacher mentioned that she was grateful for my lists of Laos and Hmong children’s books but she was looking for books covering Thailand and Myanmar/Burma for students in her classroom who…