Grace Lin's Blog, page 141

PaperTigers has announced an exciting and important new project, Spirit of PaperTigers! This project aims to put a selected set of multicultural books into the hands of children in areas of need in different parts of the world.

This is a wonderful initiative! 100 specially chosen book sets are donated to schools and libraries in need. I am incredible proud that Where the Mountain Meets the Moon has been chosen as part of 2010 book set. PaperTigers is such an amazing organization, with the go...

The Search for Delicious, by Natalie Babbit

IndieBound Description: Gaylen, the King's messenger, a skinny boy of twelve, is off to poll the kingdom, traveling from town to farmstead to town on his horse, Marrow. At first it is merely a question of disagreement at the royal castle over which food should stand for Delicious in the new dictionary. But soon it seems that the search for Delicious had better succeed if civil war is to be avoided.
Gaylen's quest leads him to the woldweller, a wi...

preparations for a Chinese New Year craft! stay tuned...

Hey, look WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON is number 9 on the Indie Bestseller List!! YAY!!!


In Chinese culture, the #9 symbolizes longevity. Maybe that means the book will be on the list for a long time! I think I need to go buy myself another jade bracelet...

"Women hold up half the sky."
-Chinese Proverb

My good friend Elaine posted a lovely retrospective of all my promotional efforts and triumphs of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Book promotion is such a long process which is truly a labor of love, I am so glad and grateful that I had readers (such as you) and great friends (like Elaine) with me on the way. And look how long my hair was!

Author Katie Davis chose Lissy's Friends as one her picks for Inspirational Stories for Kids!

(if you liked this, please comment on the wtnh site so the station knows that Katie's children's books segment is something that should continue!)

The London Eye Mystery, by Siobhan Dowd

IndieBound Description: Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bi...

A table full of flowers! Congratulation bouquets from all over! Knopf (my picturebook publisher), Listening Library (publisher of the Where the Mountain Meets the Moon audio book), Little Brown (publisher of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon) and The Foundation of Children's Books all sent me flowers for my Newbery Honor nab (see the silver sticker?)! Squatchie added the monkey.

Thanks all!!

"After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless."
-Chinese Proverb