Grace Lin's Blog, page 132
May 28, 2010
fortune cookie friday
"If you are in a hurry you will never get there."
-Chinese Proverb
May 25, 2010
book talk tuesday
THE ORDINARY PRINCESS by MM KayeIndieBound Description: Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy christening gift: Ordinariness. Unlike her six beautiful sisters, she has brown hair and freckles, and would rather have adventures than play the harp, embroider tapestries . . . or become a Queen. When her royal parents try to marry her off, Amy runs away and, because she's so ordinary, easily becomes the fourteenth assistant kitchen maid...
May 24, 2010
on my desk monday
my birthday loot! thanks so much, all!
May 21, 2010
fortune cookie friday
"Love my house, love the crow on it."
-Chinese Proverb
May 20, 2010
now presenting...
The Ling and Ting Book Trailer:
Official release date is July 1st, 2010 but if you come to my party you get it before everyone else!
Official release date is July 1st, 2010 but if you come to my party you get it before everyone else!
May 19, 2010
peaceful homes let children soar!
Remember that painting I did that I said I would tell you about later?
It was for ATASK, an amazing group that focuses on helping Asian families and individuals who are victims or potential victims of domestic violence. They were looking for an image to support their outreach and prevention message of "Peaceful Homes Let Children Soar." I was privileged to be ask to create it and I tried honor their organization by incorporating elements of their logo of butterflies and cranes into the painti...
It was for ATASK, an amazing group that focuses on helping Asian families and individuals who are victims or potential victims of domestic violence. They were looking for an image to support their outreach and prevention message of "Peaceful Homes Let Children Soar." I was privileged to be ask to create it and I tried honor their organization by incorporating elements of their logo of butterflies and cranes into the painti...
May 18, 2010
it's an honor just to be nominated...
...is the standard line, but this time I REALLY mean it. Because the kind people at Papertigers have nominated ME for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award!
I'm sooo flattered, though I will not be holding my breath for it...the last two Americans to win were Maurice Sendak and Katherine Patterson! Still, it's pretty fun to think my name is somewhere circling around theirs though (albeit probably in the broad periphery!).
I'm sooo flattered, though I will not be holding my breath for it...the last two Americans to win were Maurice Sendak and Katherine Patterson! Still, it's pretty fun to think my name is somewhere circling around theirs though (albeit probably in the broad periphery!).
book talk tuesday
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage CarsonIndiebound Description: This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them.
But the children who lived under the bridge recognized a true friend when they met one, even if the friend seemed a trifle unwilling at the start. And it did not take Armand very long to realize that he had gotten himself ready-ma...
May 17, 2010
on my desk monday
mysterious preparations for my surprise gifts to participants of my upcoming dress-alike Ling and Ting Book Party (please come!)
May 14, 2010
fortune cookie friday
"Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst."
-Chinese Proverb
