Text and art find a perfect pairing between two hard covers that stretch out to reveal a 10-foot, double-sided spread of popping colors, swirly lines, and infectious energy. Captured within is the story of two friends "who play together just like kids." They joyously romp through...
The draw here (couldn't resist, ahem!) is the ever-spectacular art of Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young, this time using "cut paper, textured cloth, string, and colored pencil" to give dramatic motion to Barbara DaCosta's debut kiddie title. As the clock strikes midnight and everyone sleeps, the nighttime ninja climbs,...
What formative experiences make a great children’s book illustrator? In the case of Allen Say and Ed Young, both Caldecott medalists, the journey begins with unusual childhoods in wartime Asia. Connecting the dots from those beginnings to what would become long and successful careers, Drawing...
Today's theme, I've decided, is families that come together in unexpected ways. I have good reason – I'm moderating an event at the Library of Congress on transracial adoption at noon (eek!) – and I have a gorgeous debut novel I must share (it's always about a...
International storyteller Ashley Ramsden retells a Norwegian tale about the rich rewards of patient tenacity. "One winter's evening, a lone traveler trudged down a winding forest road looking for a place to spend the night ...
"Who blinks in the sunlight / that peeks through the Himalayas?" ...
The Caldecott Medalist Ed Young does it again ...
High atop a mountain lives a wealthy, wise, kind old man everyone calls Ojiisan, which means 'grandfather' in Japanese. While the rest of the village gathers to celebrate the annual rice ceremony, Ojiisan chooses to stay home, feeling something is not quite right. His prescience...
Little Wabi Sabi, a lovely kitty living in Kyoto, Japan, has a very special name ...
Drawing from his own experience of adopting two Chinese daughters, Caldecott Medalist Ed Young tells the story of older Antonia's longing for a 'Mei Mei,' a younger sister, the trip to China to adopt...
Ed Young’s superb illustrations bring to life the journey of legendary Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who, together with Edmund Hillary, became the first climbers to reach the top of Mt. Everest in 1953. While...
A gorgeous, unique book – it flips up and has gradated pages! – from Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young which invokes inspiring images of his native China.
Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/asianweek-2005-11-03-new-and-notable.pdf"...
As eleven-year-old Xiao Mei’s is about to embark on a trip to Shanghai to visit extended family, her beloved grandmother tells her, “You are my messenger. Look everything. Remember.” As a Chinese American hapa,...
A haunting, lovingly illustrated story, told from the point of view of a basket that serves three generations of a Nepali family. As the basket's frail, aged owner is about to be left on...
Ever wonder why so many Chinese restaurants have the word “dragon” in its name – like Golden Dragon around the corner from the AsianWeek office? Or how about...
An adaptation in English by a mega-award winning author/illustrator, Ed Young, about a Chinese man who owns a magnificent horse, only to lose it, then have it return with a mare by...
Multiple Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young is back with Monkey King, a just-right child's introduction to the classic epic, Journey to the West.
Review: "Young Reads," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, August/September 2001
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In spite of the wicked machinations of her stepmother, the beautiful young Yeh-Shen manages to survive her deprived life. With the help of a beloved fish and a mysterious old sage, she even marries...
Six of the seven blind mice identity the parts of an elephant – the leg, the trunk, the tusk, etc. – never realizing that these parts make up a whole. Not until...
