APALA Honor

January 31st, 2023

On Monday at the ALA Youth Media Awards, NANA, NENEK & NINA was announced as the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book Honor title! I’m in kind of a daze, so I will quote Nina: “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!”

Thanks so much to the very kind librarians of the APALA picture book jury and the ALA; editor Dana Chidiac, my agent Kurestin Armada, and the team at Dial / Penguin Kids–especially Cerise Steel and Rosie Ahmed.