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I dream of Popo

When a young girl and her family emigrate from Taiwan to America, she leaves behind her beloved popo, her grandmother. She misses her popo every day, but even if their visits are fleeting, their love is ever true and strong. Includes author's and illustrator's notes detailing their personal experien...

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Main Author: Blackburne, Livia (Author)
Other Authors: Kuo, Julia (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Taiwanese Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Taiwan > Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child > Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Love > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:When a young girl and her family emigrate from Taiwan to America, she leaves behind her beloved popo, her grandmother. She misses her popo every day, but even if their visits are fleeting, their love is ever true and strong. Includes author's and illustrator's notes detailing their personal experiences, and glossary of Chinese words connected to the story.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:9781250249319
1250249317
Author Notes:

Livia Blackburne is the New York Times bestselling author of the Midnight Thief and Rosemarked duologies. Livia was born in Taipei, Taiwan and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when she was five. After a twelve-year stint at Harvard and MIT, where she earned an AB in biochemical sciences and a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, she moved to Los Angeles, where she now lives with her husband and daughter.

Julia Kuo is a Taiwanese-American illustrator who has worked with The New York Times , Google, and Science Friday. Julia has taught illustration courses at Columbia College Chicago and at her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. She is the illustrator of Drawing Leaves and Tress: Observing and Sketching the Natural World, Katrina Goldsaito's The Sound of Silence , Roni Schotter's Go, Little Green Truck! , Melissa Gilbert's Daisy and Josephine, 20 Ways to Draw a Dress , 20 Ways to Draw a Cat , and Everyone Eats.


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