Poetic and heartwarming, Geisel Honor–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling creator Niña Mata’s first authored picture book stars a young Filipina on her first day of school as she discovers the true and layered meaning of “new.” In the big city, everything feels new. School is new. The people are new. And the glares […]
Join us as author Katie Gee Salisbury and Laura Lee discuss Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong. Co-presented with Watchung Booksellers and OCA-NJ. Set against the glittering backdrop of Los Angeles during the gin-soaked Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this debut book celebrates Anna May Wong, […]
A powerful story about the life-giving force of roti—a round Indian flatbread—and where it comes from, the people who grow it, and what it symbolizes within two families, inspired by the farmers’ protests in India. A roti isn't just a roti. It's a day in the hot sun tending to the wheat fields. It's little […]
Join us in welcoming Minsoo Kang, author of The Melancholy of Untold History, co-sponsored by AAPI New Jersey and Watchung Booksellers. A beautifully crafted, enriching saga inspired by East Asian mythology, The Melancholy of Untold History is Minsoo Kang’s debut novel, steeped in history like R.F. Kuang’s Babel, epic in scope like Anthony Doerr’s Cloud […]
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