Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

In the hopes of recognizing some Asian and Asian-American picture books that don’t, for a change, contain horrible stereotypes, Kate and I wanted to look at a good book. Trouble is, we have a 20-year rule when it comes to books we consider. That means no Bee-Bim Bop and no Henry and the Kite Dragon. They’re too recent! I eschewed The Name Jar since it was a little too close to the content of last week’s Chrysanthemum. But why not do the very first Grace Lin picture book? So I snagged the ten...