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Asian American
and Pacific Islander
Heritage Month
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ILLUSTRATOR (and AUTHOR) HIGHLIGHT
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MARIKO NAGAI
UNDER THE BROKEN SKY (Ottaviano/Macmillan)—a beautifully told MG NIV about a WWII Japanese orphan's experience in occupied rural Manchuria—was called out as a "breathtaking work of literature necessary for all humankind" by Booklist, and earned a starred review, among the other accolades below. Mariko has received numerous awards, including the 2016 Arnold Adoff New Voices Poetry Honor for her debut MG NIV, DUST OF EDEN (Albert Whitman). Born in Tokyo and raised in Europe and America, she is a professor at Temple University in Japan. Visit mariko-nagai.com.
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UNDER THE BROKEN SKY ACCOLADES:
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A 2021 Sakura Medal nominee
An NCSS-CBC 2020 Notable (Social Studies)
An NCTE Notable 2020 (Poetry & Verse novels)
An ILA 2020 Notable for a Global Society
Denver Library Best & Brightest
FORTHCOMING:
THE SWORD OF YESTERDAY (Ottaviano/Little, Brown; Winter 2023), a middle grade novel-in-verse about the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony, one of the first Japanese immigrant groups to settle in the United States in 1870.
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LINH MY NGUYEN
While pursuing a Finance degree, Linh discovered another passion: illustration. With an iPad and an Apple Pencil, she used all her free time taking illustration classes and studying her favorite artists. Now, with her Finance degree in hand, Linh draws her own magical worlds full of colorful, whimsical, and heartwarming scenery and characters. She is inspired by every day things and by her native Vietnam. Linh is interested in working on board books, picture books, chapter books, book covers, and other projects. She lives in SoCal. Visit Linh online at lynniesketches.com.
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SHIHO PATE
Shiho burst on the scene as an artist for several indie gaming studios. Her sense of fun and intuitive understanding of children drew her into the world of social and mobile gaming for more than a decade, and now she is directing her passion into a lifelong love of children’s books. With a playful, colorful style that brings together the joyful exuberance of her multiple art techniques—gouache, watercolor, digital media, and more—Shiho creates inventive, energetic scenes and characters that are both endearing and enduring. Originally from Japan, she lives in SoCal with her family. Visit Shiho online at shihopate.com.
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FORTHCOMING:
ANIMATED SCIENCE: PERIODIC TABLE (Scholastic; Fall 2021) is Shiho’s nonfiction debut. She’ll be following up with the second book in the same Scholastic series, ROCKS AND MINERALS, in Summer 2022.
RAMEN FOR EVERYONE (by Pat Tanumihardja, Simon & Schuster, Spring 2023), a scrumptious generational picture book about a young boy who aspires to make a bowl of ramen as delicious as his dad’s and runs into some surprises.
ON SUBMISSION:
Shiho Pate's debut as an author illustrator—MR. MOON AND THE TAILOR—an "out of this world" PB.
And the early graphic reader series, CHI CHI & PEY PEY (pictured), a collaboration with NYT-bestselling Jennifer Fosberry [the “Isabella” series].
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DOW PHUMIRUK
Since her 2017 illustration debut, MAYA LIN, Dow also made her debut as an author/illustrator with HUGSBY—stay tuned for Book #2 soon!—and her PB authorial debut in the new Thai fable MELA AND THE ELEPHANT. In total, Dow is now an acclaimed author and/or illustrator of over a dozen picture books, including the 2019 Cook Award winning PB biography COUNTING ON KATHERINE, ONE GIRL, written by NYT best-selling author Andrea Beaty, and AN EQUAL SHOT, among others. Dow was born in Bangkok, Thailand and now lives in Colorado with her family. Visit Dow on Instagram.
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FORTHCOMING:
HELLO, TREE (by Ana Crespo, Little, Brown; September 2021), inspired by the 2013 Black Forest fire in Colorado and told from the viewpoint of a tree, is about the kinship between humans and nature.
HER NAME WAS MARY KATHARINE (by Ella Schwartz, Ottaviano/Little, Brown; January 2022), a picture book biography of Mary Katharine Goddard, the only woman whose name appears on the Declaration of Independence.
A LIFE OF SERVICE: THE STORY OF TAMMY DUCKWORTH (by Christina Soontornvat, Candlewick; Fall 2022), a picture book biography about the Thai-American senator’s tireless service and determination to keep fighting for others.
LAST FLIGHT (by Kristen Mai Giang, Levine Querido; Spring 2023), based on the true story of Kristen’s family’s escape from Vietnam six days before the fall of Saigon in 1975.
BETTER TOGETHER (by Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G.) Paulsen/Penguin; 2023), celebrating the wonderful energy that working together—as family, neighbors, friends—can bring.
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