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The Lunar New Year is almost here! January 25th, 2020 begins the Year of the Rat, the first animal of the 12 animal zodiac cycle--so it's a good time for new things.
Which I hope bodes well for my new novel! Yes, the
Mulan novel that I've been talking about is finally coming! It's an original prequel to the Disney's live-action movie! I had the pleasure of creating the magical backstories of some of the characters of the movie (like the mysterious witch character, if you've seen
the trailer). If you've enjoyed my other novels, I think you'll like this one too!
I'm so excited about it that I've planned a beautiful pre-order gift, party favor and more! See below for all the details!
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Mulan Pre-Order and Launch Party!
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Save The Date...
February 9, 2020 is the book launch party!
If you
pre-order the book from Porter Square Books
, not only will the book be personally autographed (make sure you put to whom you wish the book to be made to in the comments section when ordering), I will include a beautiful, gold-foil bookmark with this design:
And there's MORE!:
Looking forward to this event...I hope to see everyone there! Don't forget to pre-order!
*Unfortunately, I have a limited supply of these greeting cards, so priority will go to those who pre-order and attend the party. If there are cards left over after the event, I will include them to those who pre-order from out-of-town, but I cannot promise it. But all pre-orders will receive the gold foil bookmark.
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Other Exciting Book Updates!
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About the book:
The Year of the Rat brings big changes: Pacy must deal with Melody moving to California, find the courage to forge on with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, and learn to face some of her own flaws. Pacy encounters prejudice, struggles with acceptance, and must find the beauty in change.
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Now & Then Exhibit Opened!
The show is a pairing of artists' childhood art with their published illustrations. The show runs until May 10, 2020, so start planning your trip to the museum, you don't want miss this!
Artists include Cece Bell, Nidhi Chanani, Jason Chin, The Fan Brothers, Julie Flett, Jeff Kinney, Elisa Kleven, Barbara Lehman, Rafael López, Oge Mora, Juana Martinez-Neal, Raúl the Third, Shadra Strickland, Don Tate, Evan Turk, and Tillie Walden.
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- I have finally finished up the art for a set of board books. They are part of the Storytelling Math project, a joint venture with CharlesBridge Publishing and TERC Inc. The books in the project are meld together math, diversity and story--helping kids (and parents) see math is found everywhere not just in numbers at school! Look for the finished books in fall 2020!
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- I took an incredible trip with my family to Taiwan! Here are a few colorful photos from the adventure! Hope they inspire some new books!
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In the World of Podcasts:
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I'm starting a new podcast--this one made for KIDS!
We plan to have a weekly 10-15 minute podcast where myself and a guest author will answer one question from a child reader each week. We hope that this podcast will be useful to all student writers and those helping them on their journey!
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Listen in to hear my childhood best friend, Alvina Ling (aka Melody from
Year of the Dog!), and I talk about all things related to author and editor life, family, what's on our plates at the moment, and what we are most grateful for.
We recently held two Q&A episodes where we answered wonderful questions submitted from our listeners. You can learn some fun facts about Alvina and I if you listen to episodes
#42 and
#45!
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Hope to see you!
Just a reminder to contact Aimee at gracelinvisits@gmail.com for more information on booking school visits and events! Thank you!
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And that's it! 四季平安過旺年! Wishing you a peaceful and flourishing Year of the Rat!
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