APALA Honor
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.
PW Flying Starts
Publisher’s Weekly included me in their 2022 Flying Starts, a special feature about debut children’s authors 😮 The journalist I talked to knew Trina Schart Hyman 😮 It’s all very thrilling ❗❗😮❗❗
NINA Books Inc Event
🧳 Join me for a storytime and booksigning on release day to celebrate!
Tuesday 8/9 at 4pm, Books Inc. Laurel Village, 3515 California St, San Francisco
🧳 More about NANA, NENEK & NINA
cover reveal
So thrilled to let you know that NANA, NENEK & NINA will be out from Dial Books for Young Readers on August 9, 2022!
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🧳Pre-order here or go to your very fine local independent bookseller
🧳How the cover came together
hello 2022
In 2021, I did a whole bunch of illustrations and worked with the very nice team at Dial to turn them into a real picture book–NANA, NENEK & NINA, which will be out next year! Then I curled up into a snail shell because social media seemed like a lot. In 2022, I’ll work on emerging. But slowly! 🐌
Happy new year to you (and hello again)
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almost there!
Outlining individual peas on my last painting 36 hours before my final book deadline. Sometimes I really question my style choices.🔍😆
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