Meet Janet Wong
This month, I'm please to introduce (or reintroduce)
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| me and Janet, last year |
the fantastic speaker, author, poet and publisher
Janet Wong. Janet and I have had a
long and lovely friendship, in fact, i
credit her for helping me finish
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
While Janet has
numerous titles to her credit, considering that Lunar New Year is next week, I think you may be most interested in her awesome tri-lingual editions of
This Next New Year. Yes, I said tri-lingual! The book is available in
Chinese-English (with pinyin!) AND
Korean-English AND, of course, just plain
English.
Regardless of what language it is, however, it is definitely a Lunar New Year classic! Don't miss it!
In the meantime, here is my silly 6 question comparison game interview with Janet! Enjoy!
1. What color would you be? Black, like most of the clothes I wear. When you glance at black, it's "just black"-but take another look and you might see green-black, blue-black, purple-black, and more. I want you to look more carefully.
2. What kind of flower or vegetable would you be?
When my son was in 4th grade, he said I was a venus fly trap ("one wrong move, and-SNAP!"); he thinks I'm a Tiger Mom but he has NO idea of what real Tiger Moms are like! Sticking with the carnivorous theme (as I do love salami), I'd be more like a pitcher plant-open to what comes my way and, OK, yes, ready to digest it.
3. What season would you be?
Summer, with long days for getting more done: more reading, more writing, more relaxing, and definitely more eating berries and cherries. Summer tries to make the most of every minute of light.
4. What eating utensil would you be?
A ceramic Chinese soup spoon submerged headlong into a bowl of wonton noodle soup and only resurfacing when every drop is gone.
5. What mythical animal would you be?
Myra Cohn Livingston, my poetry mentor, wrote about the Amphisbaena in Eric Carle's DRAGONS DRAGONS & other creatures that never were, compiled by Laura Whipple (Philomel, 1991). Here's an excerpt from her poem:
from "The Amphisbaena"
by Myra Cohn Livingston
. . .
Amphisbaena,
Amphisbaena,
such a sight I've never seen, a
head to play, a
head to rest, a
head for looking east and west!
How peculiar, never knowing
What direction you are going!
. . .
6. What classic children's book would you be?
I'd love to be a recent new classic called Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!
