Thank you Chinese American Librarians Association for honoring MAMIE TAPE FIGHTS TO GO TO SCHOOL with the 2025 CALA Best Book Award in the Children’s Non-fiction Category! @michellejingchan.bsky.social and I are beyond thrilled! And shoutout to Crown BFYR @randomhousekids for all your support!

Hope to see you at one of my events this month!

I’m not an illustrator but sometimes play around for fun, so couldn’t resist jumping on board the trend to counter the AI-generated action figures people are sharing of themselves - here’s my 100% human-generated Author Traci, complete with dog, cup of hot tea, wildflower hill to hike, and laptop. 😍

This is pretty cool…Mamie Tape Fights to go to School is one of the books in #AsianAmericanVoicesforEducation's #AANHPIHeritageMonth kits that will reach 15,000 PreK-5 students in Georgia classrooms!! Though they're not on bluesky, check out aaved.org to learn about their vital work!

Thrilled to see MAMIE TAPE FIGHTS TO GO TO SCHOOL honored as a ✨2025 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People!✨Thank you Children’s Book Council & National Council for the Social Studies! 📚💕 @michellejingchan.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social

Shopping for Lunar New Year! 🧧🐍🧨🍊Can anyone guess what lucky Chinese dish I’ll be making?

Thank you @sfchronicle.com for including MAMIE TAPE FIGHTS TO GO TO SCHOOL📓✏️🍎 in this Datebook roundup of 10 children’s books to celebrate Lunar New Year and Asian American heritage! (Love seeing several friends’ books, too!)
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Join me for the 8th Annual SOCIAL JUSTICE CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR ON SATURDAY, 12/07, 12pm-3pm, in Oakland! A great chance to meet local #kidlit authors/illustrators, get books signed, and do all your holiday shopping…and it will be the first time @michellieart.bsky.social will be together in person!!

Last week biculturalmama.com hosted the ✨COVER REVEAL✨ for my and @michellieart.bsky.social's PB about Chinese American changemaker Mamie Tape's fight to go to school. Read our interview to learn about the inspiration for the story and cover! #kidlit #CoverReveal
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