You can pre-order a signed copy from her local bookstore, Bank Square Books, and receive a bookmark, limited edition button and be entered in a giveaway of fun items from the book and cover. Next month, Debbi’s first middle-grade novel, Keep it Together, Keiko Carter (Scholastic) debuts. This series, featuring an 8-year-old and her family fostering pets, will add four more titles this summer for a total of eight. Drawing on her knowledge as a former zoo educator and her love of animals (Debbi has a rescue dog, bunny and duck), My Furry Foster Family is another of her chapter book treasures. Fun and family-focused, Debbi’s stories shine with originality and authenticity.Īnd that’s just one of her series.
IMAGES OF WOMEN STANDING STRONG TOGETHER SERIES
The Jasmine Toguchi series became a favorite as soon as I read the first book. Books in the series have been chosen as Junior Library Guild selections, Nerdy Book Club Award winners and Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year.
Inspired by family experiences, Debbi created a winning character who celebrates who she is and shines a light on cultural traditions including mochi making, Girls’ Day and playing the taiko. Debbi Michiko Florence photo by Roy Thomasĭebbi Michiko Florence is the author of the Jasmine Toguchi series, an acclaimed quartet of chapter books that star a sweet and spunky Japanese American third grader. Park received multiple starred reviews including this one from Booklist: “In her latest middle-grade historical-fiction masterpiece, Park conjures the resourceful and industrious spirit of America’s westward expansion without ignoring the ugly veneer of racism….An incredible and much-needed addition to the historical-fiction canon.”įun, generous and gifted, Linda Sue Park creates a better world through her books and advocacy.
Her latest novel, Prairie Lotus, is set in late 19th century America and centers a half-Asian heroine coming of age, facing racism and trying to realize her dreams. The daughter of Korean immigrants, Park has mined her heritage for stories on kite fighting, the Japanese occupation of Korea and celadon, fine pottery. Topics in her outstanding catalog include exploring Korean history. She empowers and inspires young readers through her more than 20 books including A Single Shard, a 2002 Newbery Medal winner, New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water, the Wing & Claw fantasy trilogy, titles in The 39 Cluesseries and numerous other novels and picture books. Kelly Starling Lyons Salutes: Linda Sue Park photo by Sonya Sonesĭedicated to equity and inclusion, award-winning author Linda Sue Park champions children’s book creators of color and Native creators and is on the advisory boards of We Need Diverse Books and Society of Children’s Books Writers & Il lustrators. Please show your support by sharing their work, speaking up against discrimination and spreading love. Below, we share a few of our favorite authors, illustrators and books. In the face of hate, we must stand strong together. Directed at our brothers and sisters, it’s an assault on all of us. Fueled by racism, bigoted political rhetoric and willful misinformation, people are shouting slurs and accusations, launching physical attacks. We see those extremes happening in real life today.Īs coronavirus cases and deaths rise, another scourge has risen too – hate crimes against members of the Asian-American community, especially East Asians. Park’s words reminded me that stories can reveal the dangerous depths people can sink to and illuminate the resilience, bravery and beauty of the human spirit. Attendees of the virtual event felt seen and heard. Comments that her message brought listeners to tears. When Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park shared those inspiring words in her closing keynote of last Saturday’s Kweli: The Color of Children’s Literature conference, the response was immediate: Thank yous.
We know despair and sorrow in unique ways, so we have a special relationship with hope, and our own particular vivid spectrum of joy.” We’ve been hated on more than they have, so we have a different understanding of love. We know different kinds of fear than they do, which gives us a different understanding of true courage. “As people of color, we can turn what the dominant culture deems our weaknesses into sources of strength for our art.
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