Grace Lin's Blog, page 26
August 15, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"The ripest fruit falls by itself."
- Chinese Proverb
August 13, 2014
this week in our garden
Rain Dragon's plants haven't died but show no signs of flowers:
But there are plenty of vegetables in the other garden, albeit still green and unripe:
But that doesn't stop Rain Dragon from naughtily picking them:
And feeding them to the dragon:
But there are plenty of vegetables in the other garden, albeit still green and unripe:
But that doesn't stop Rain Dragon from naughtily picking them:
And feeding them to the dragon:
August 12, 2014
wishes that readers don't know they have
Q: Are diverse books really that important? When I was a child, I didn't see (fill in the blank) and I'm just fine!
I attempt to add to Janice's response and answer another question with this post that I did for The BookPeople in Austin, TX to support their Modern First Library program.
Here is an excerpt:
I attempt to add to Janice's response and answer another question with this post that I did for The BookPeople in Austin, TX to support their Modern First Library program.
Here is an excerpt:
...it’s hard to miss something that you didn’t know could’ve existed. In my book, Starry River of the Sky, I write about the legend of the Moon Lady who can grant your most secret wish. It can be a wish so secret that you, yourself, might not even know you have it. But when she grants your wish, when your most secret wish comes true, it is a revelation.
That is what diverse books are. They are the wishes that many readers don’t know they have. They are for the readers who finally see themselves...Read the rest HERE!
August 11, 2014
on my desk monday
I am a-working on both the 4th Ling and Ting, the novel as well as a bunch of other little things so I find this fortune very apropos right now!
August 8, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"We earn a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give."
- Chinese Proverb
August 7, 2014
a box can be even more things
The cousins came to visit this past weekend, so we found even more creative uses for boxes. We didn't share this book:
But, we should have. For a particularly large box was saved from the recycling bin and found life as a boat for pirates:
Cousin Lily checks the navigation charts and Cousin Cappy looks through the telescope as we argue about the strange creature in the sea. Water Dragon or Mermaid?
Something tells me that this box will not be seeing the recycling bin for a long time:
canoeing with a cardboard paddle and a spatula.
But, we should have. For a particularly large box was saved from the recycling bin and found life as a boat for pirates:
Cousin Lily checks the navigation charts and Cousin Cappy looks through the telescope as we argue about the strange creature in the sea. Water Dragon or Mermaid? Something tells me that this box will not be seeing the recycling bin for a long time:
canoeing with a cardboard paddle and a spatula. August 6, 2014
this week in our garden
We've added some colorful flowers to our vegetable gardens:
I told the Sasquatch that I bought them for Rain Dragon (and she does like them quite a bit) but I admit I bought them for myself, too. They remind me of a little scene in one of my favorite books, New Shoes by Noel Streatfeild. In that book, the children decide to plant a garden plot with flowers for their mother's birthday. However, they find out that it is better to plant the seedlings without flowers which they think will look dull on birthday morning, so they decorate the garden with huge, brilliantly colored paper flowers. While these flowers aren't paper and probably a bit bigger (and less realistic) then those in the book, it gives me that same little cozy happy feeling whenever I see them.
I told the Sasquatch that I bought them for Rain Dragon (and she does like them quite a bit) but I admit I bought them for myself, too. They remind me of a little scene in one of my favorite books, New Shoes by Noel Streatfeild. In that book, the children decide to plant a garden plot with flowers for their mother's birthday. However, they find out that it is better to plant the seedlings without flowers which they think will look dull on birthday morning, so they decorate the garden with huge, brilliantly colored paper flowers. While these flowers aren't paper and probably a bit bigger (and less realistic) then those in the book, it gives me that same little cozy happy feeling whenever I see them.August 4, 2014
on my desk monday
Really, on my floor! These are all my research books (so far) for....my new novel! Yes, I'm a working on the new novel, another (and I think last?) companion book to Starry River of the Sky and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!
August 1, 2014
fortune cookie friday
"Nothing is as heavy as a secret."
- Chinese Proverb
July 31, 2014
A Box Can Be Many Things
Rain Dragon and I have been reading, A Box Can Be Many Things by Dana Meachen Rau and illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye
which caused this to happen:
and this:
I thought making the box car made me super parent of the day, but then the Sasquatch came up with... box helicopter!
the propeller really spins!
Luckily, Rain Dragon loves them both and when she is not in them, she makes sure they are always parked safely:
Though she has requested a rocket ship, next...
which caused this to happen:
and this:
I thought making the box car made me super parent of the day, but then the Sasquatch came up with... box helicopter!
the propeller really spins!Luckily, Rain Dragon loves them both and when she is not in them, she makes sure they are always parked safely:
Though she has requested a rocket ship, next...
