Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: David Yoo, Author of The Detention Club
This week’s Asian American children’s author is David Yoo. His most recent book for kids is the middle grade novel, The Detention Club....
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- Sep 15, 2014
- 2 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Grace Lin, Author of Starry River of the Sky
On the blog this week, I am very excited to have one of my favorite Asian American children’s authors, Newbery Honor receiving author and...
- Sep 12, 2014
- 2 min
MG Novel: Nest by Esther Ehrlich
Nest by Esther Ehrlich Nest by Esther Ehrlich is a literary upper middle grade to lower YA novel (read: “tween novel”) about a young girl...
- Sep 8, 2014
- 3 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Sheela Chari, Author of Vanished
This week’s Asian American children’s author is Sheela Chari, author of the middle grade mystery novel Vanished. (BTW I love this cover!...
- Sep 2, 2014
- 2 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Kashmira Sheth, Author of Tiger in My Soup
The next author in the Asian American Children’s Authors series is award-winning and multi-faceted author Kashmira Sheth. 1) Which of...
- Aug 25, 2014
- 3 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Fonda Lee, Author of Zeroboxer
Our next author is Fonda Lee, author of the upcoming book, Zeroboxer. I am so intrigued by that title! (Adding it to my to-read list...
- Aug 18, 2014
- 2 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Uma Krishnaswami, Author of The Problem with Be
Next up in this series is Uma Krishnaswami, the author of numerous books for all age ranges. Her newest book, The Problem with Being...
- Aug 11, 2014
- 1 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Varsha Bajaj, Author of Abby Spencer Goes to Bo
The featured Asian American Author on the blog this week is Varsha Bajaj. Her newest book is Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood. 1) Which of...
- Aug 4, 2014
- 2 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Livia Blackburne, Author of Midnight Thief
Author Livia Blackburne’s brand new book, Midnight Thief just came out last month. If you haven’t read it already, OMG go out and by a...
- Jul 25, 2014
- 1 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors Series: Quick Recap
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been really enjoying this series! At first, I was worried about asking all the authors the same...
- Jul 21, 2014
- 1 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Nandini Bajpai, Author of Starcursed
blog series is Nandini Bajpai, author of the recently published Red Turban White Horse and Starcursed. 1) Which of your characters do you...
- Jul 18, 2014
- 1 min
Mommy Read it Again: I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakité
I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakité (Author), Baba Wagué Diakité (Illustrator) I stumbled across this book at the library while...
- Jul 14, 2014
- 3 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Sayantani DasGupta, Co-Author of The Demon Slay
Our next author in this series is doctor-writer Sayantani DasGupta. I am a huge fan of Sayantani’s writing and am an avid follower of...
- Jul 8, 2014
- 1 min
My critique group buddy’s book launches today!
Just a quick post to let you know that today is the launch of Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne! If you love YA fantasy this book is for...
- Jul 7, 2014
- 2 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Wong Herbert Yee, Author of Mouse and Mole
Next in the blog series, I am honored to have Wong Herbert Yee, award-winning author and illustrator of the absolutely delightful Mouse...
- Jun 30, 2014
- 2 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Emily Jiang, Author of Summoning the Phoenix: P
Here are Emily’s answers to my questions (in poems and prose!): Emily Jiang: All my characters have a bit of me in them, even the...
- Jun 23, 2014
- 2 min
Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Padma Venkatraman, Author of A Time to Dance
Our very first author in this blog series is the award-winning and versatile author, Padma Venkatraman. Her latest book is A Time to...
- Jun 20, 2014
- 1 min
Guest Post on Mackenzi Lee’s Blog
Today I have a guest post over at Mackenzi Lee’s blog. Head on over to check it out and see what I had to say about the books on my...
- Jun 16, 2014
- 1 min
New Blog Series: Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors
After all the buzz of #weneeddiversebooks, I wanted to keep the conversation about diverse stories and authors going. Now that we know...
- Jun 9, 2014
- 1 min
Guest Post: Author Anna Staniszewski’s Top Three Food-Centric Novels
Author Anna Staniszewski’s brand new book, The Prank List (the sequel to the absolutely hilarious Dirt Diary) comes out next month, and...
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