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BookDragon Linda Sue Park Tag

The One Thing You’d Save by Linda Sue Park [in School Library Journal]

19 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Korean American, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

*STARRED REVIEW “Imagine that your home is on fire. You’re allowed to save one thing. / Your family and pets are safe … / Your Most Important Thing. Any size.” With that, Ms. Chang challenges her class to name their Most Important Things. “For once we...

Asian American #OwnVoices: Artfully Narrated Middle Grade, YA, and Crossover Audiobooks [in School Library Journal]

17 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Chinese American, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian American, Iranian American, Japanese American, Korean American, Lists, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Pakistani American, Persian American, Repost, South Asian American, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

Welcome to Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month. The year remains somber, as the APA community combats dramatically increasing anti-Asian violence around the country and continues to mourn the eight people, including six women of Asian descent, killed in a Georgia mass shooting. Despite a U.S....

Eleven Diverse Audiobooks in Verse [in School Library Journal]

01 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Arab American, Audio, Black/African American, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Indian American, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Lists, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian American, Syrian American, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

April is National Poetry Month. Of course, reading, writing, and performing poetry can and should be done any time of the year, but April encourages newbies and doubters to give verses a try. Audiobooks are a particularly effective medium for poetry, with well-chosen narrators enhancing and...

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park + Author Interview [in Shelf Awareness]

16 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Fan Fiction, 50 Years Later Almost two decades have passed since Linda Sue Park became the first Korean American – and only the second Asian American – to win the Newbery Medal, in 2002 for A Single Shard. She's since published dozens of titles (Gondra's Treasure; Forest of...

Time Traveling Audiobooks for Youth [in The Booklist Reader]

03 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Black/African American, European, Fiction, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Pacific Islander, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Time travel, time paradoxes, time shells, time hollows – are they fantasy? Reality? The following titles are billed as fiction, but they're also a look into endless possibilities. Last week, we brought you audiobooks about time travel for adults, but it's time (sorry) younger readers got...

The Refugee Experience for Middle Grade and YA Readers [in The Booklist Reader]

13 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Afghan, African, Arab, Biography, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Caribbean, Cuban, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Iranian American, Iraqi, Italian, Lists, Memoir, Middle Eastern, Middle Grade Readers, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

This is the second in a two-part series of recommended books for youth about the refugee experience. For a list of picture books, click here. Canada, with her groovin' President, functional healthcare system, and more welcoming borders, is currently in the throes of "Month 13," the first month following...

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

11 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in African, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Since 2002 Newbery winner Linda Sue Park’s latest title was published in November 2010, borders shifted (again) and the world recognized the birth of the newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, on July 9 at midnight. The weekend announcement makes A Long Walk to Water almost...

Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

keeping-scoreMaggie is the youngest in a family of baseball lovers. While she might not play herself – girls usually didn’t in the 1950s – she knows the game inside and out. She hangs out with guys...

Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

archer_s-questWhile sitting in his bedroom grudgingly trying to do his Monday homework, Kevin is shocked to find standing before him, the great archer Chu-mong, a Chinese royal who becomes a Korean king. The lost royal has...

Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds by Linda Sue Park and Julia Durango, illustrated by Sue Ramá [in AsianWeek]

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Yum YuckWow-wow in Chinese over spilt ice cream. Or et-chee in Korean from the ragweed. Or how about ballay-ballay in Punjabi for scoring that winning goal? Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, September 29,...

Mung-Mung: A Foldout Book of Animal Sounds by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Diane Bigda [in AsianWeek]

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Mung MungWhat fabulous fun to share with your littlest ones: ot-ot, ot-ot, ot-ot – that’s Vietnamese for pig-speak! Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, September 29, 2005 Readers: Children Published: 2005...

Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Ho Baek Lee [in AsianWeek]

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

Bee Bim BopThis latest picture book from the 2002 Newbery Medal Award winner Linda Sue Park introduces an adorable little girl who hurries her mother to finish making bee-bim bop,...

Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park [in AsianWeek]

05 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Project MulberryNewbery Medalist Linda Sue Park (2002 for A Single Shard) departs from her established historical novels and treks into contemporary middle school America to tell the story of two...

The Firekeeper’s Son by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Julie Downing [in AsianWeek]

25 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost

Firekeeper's SonSet in early 19th-century Korea, The Firekeeper’s Son is the very first picture book for Newbery Award-winner Linda Sue Park. When his father is injured, young Sang-hee must take on the very...

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park + Author Profile [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-my-name-was-keokoWhen My Name Was Keoko is the first title for young audiences to deal with the Japanese occupation of Korea during the first half of the 20th century, a torturous part of history about which few...

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park + Author Interview [in KoreAm Journal]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Single ShardChild's Play: The Writerly Life of Newbery Award-Winner Linda Sue Park ROCHESTER, N.Y. — When Linda Sue Park first received the call last spring that she had won the top honor in children’s literature –...

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park + Author interview [in AsianWeek]

11 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-my-name-was-keokoLinda Sue Park's Post-Newbery Award Life Although Linda Sue Park was just 9 when her work was first published – a haiku for a children’s magazine – it would be almost three decades before she attempted her...

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Single ShardLinda Sue Park's fascinating tale is rich with the legacy of Korea's unprecedented celadon pottery. The resonating story takes the reader back to the 12th century, when a young orphan becomes the...

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