Attention Grace Lin fans!
She’s officially celebrating the release of her new early reader, Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same (Little, Brown, 2010), with limited edition bookplates!
Aren’t they adorable?
You must act quickly, since this special offer is valid only for today, July 6th. Click through to gracenotes for all the details!
♥ Read all about Ling & Ting at Grace’s website.
♥ Click here for my Soup of the Day post on Ling & Ting.
Happy Week!
photo credit: Alexandre Ferron.
Polka dot polka dot. Hip hip hooray!!
Guess who’s got a brand new book officially out today?
Two clues:
Yes, Newbery Honor winner Grace Lin has done it again! Her new early reader, Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! (Little, Brown, 2010), packs a double wallop because it’s all about twins. If it’s possible to love a book twice as much as I should, I’m guilty times two.
How could I possibly resist these adorable imps? Everyone tells Ling and Ting they are exactly the same, but in six interconnected vignettes, they show us just how different they are — in personality and abilities.
In the first story, the girls get a haircut. Ling sits still and gets a nice clip, but Ting’s a bit of a wriggle worm, sneezing when hair falls on her nose. “Oh no!” She ends up sporting a cutting edge (giggle) set of bangs for the rest of the book. An ingenious way to set the stage, making us want to read more of their amusing antics.
It all started when Noodles the Monkey found the big stash of peaches used to celebrate Grace Lin’s new book, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
He loved reading about the greedy monkeys, but he also remembered the part about Minli using her last copper coin to buy a peach for a hungry beggar. After he ate the peach, he planted the pit, which instantly grew into a big tree full of ripe, luscious fruit. Mmmmmm! All the people in the marketplace relished those peaches, and Minli soon discovered who the beggar really was.
The more Noodles looked at the peaches, the hungrier he got. Maybe he could convince the alphabet soup kitchen helpers to bake something special with them!
Gorgeous photo of Grace by Alexandre Ferron.
Hooray hooray hooray!!
Today is official Pub Day for Grace Lin’s brand new middle grade novel, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little,Brown, 2009)!
As far as I’m concerned, any time Grace publishes a new book, it is cause for big celebration. I’m a huge fan of both her gorgeous picture books and her heartwarming novels about Pacy Lin, Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat. When I interviewed Grace last year, she had recently returned from visiting China and Taiwan, and she talked about how she hoped to incorporate some of the sights and sounds of her fascinating experiences in a new book.
Mmmmmm!! What’s that tantalizing aroma?
Jama's Alphabet Soup 