Grace Lin's Blog, page 136

fortune cookie friday

"Everyone pushes a falling fence."
-Chinese Proverb

my wedding things (on thursdays)

If you remember, a while ago I attended a very elegant and fancy event (where I finally got to wear my blue dress). Well, that event was ATASK's Silk Road Gala where not only was the food delicious, but the decorations beautiful. One of the most eye-catching decorations were the hundreds of large paper cranes hanging overhead:


After learning that the cranes would be recycled after the gala, I asked if I could have some of them. ATASK graciously gave me some, which my good friend (and...

school visit fun

It always makes me happy to see the projects students do with my books. At a recent visit some students wrote their own haikus, based on Our Seasons:

Others, inspired by The Ugly Vegetables, creatively wrote about their own imaginary ugly vegetables:


The older students researched their Chinese zodiacs, just like in The Year of the Dog & The Year of the Rat:



And others, inspired by Fortune Cookie Fortunes, wrote their own fortunes:

I particularly liked this pink one:
Because it came true! Thanks so...

book talk tuesday

PIPPI LONGSTOCKING by Astrid Lindgren
IndieBound Description: Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another!

My Thoughts: Another great classic that has aged very well. The description does not do justice to this book which is a cornerstone in children's literature! I remember my 4t...

on my desk monday

Sketch for a charity project I am doing with ATASK. More on this later!!

fortune cookie friday

"Be kind to unkind people; they need it the most."
-Chinese Proverb

my wedding things (on thursdays)

When one has to get married within 90 days on a limited budget, there are things that you let slide. Or you let others take care of. I am truly fortunate that my mother is an award-winning floral designer, as well as flower show judge...which meant she did the flowers!

While that made things much simpler for me, it wasn't easy on her. After our wholesale flowers arrived, my mother was constantly at work. We had to tear her away so that she wouldn't be late for the ceremony. But it was true ar...

thank you

Recently, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon was awarded the Josette Frank Award for fiction by the Banks St. College of Education. I was thrilled to accept at the awards ceremony, especially when I saw the impressive list of books that were also honored.

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Red Sings from Treetops, Almost Astronauts, Moonshot

It was also great fun to meet and catch up with the other authors as well!

pic 1: Pamela Zagarenski, me, Joyce...

book talk tuesday

THE PRINCESS ACADEMY by Shannon Hale

IndieBound Description: Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a pri...

on my desk monday

mailing out those shiny newbery stickers!