Book Launch Party & Storytime with author Andrea Wang and illustrator Hyewon Yum

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, May 21, 2022  3pm - 4pm

Location

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Details

About the Event
- 3-4 pm on Saturday, May 21
- Library Meeting Rooms, 409 4th Ave.
- Open to everyone; best for kids Kindergarten through 3rd grade

The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop and the Longmont Public Library are partnering to host Newbery Honor and APALA award-winning author Andrea Wang! We'll celebrate the launch of her newest picture book, "Luli and the Language of Tea," along with a virtual visit from the illustrator, Hyewon Yum. We'll also celebrate the recent success of "Watercress," which won the Caldecott and APALA Awards, and received a Newbery honor from the American Library Association.

Please note this event will be held at the Longmont Public Library's Meeting Rooms with Andrea's books available to purchase on-site through The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop.

Registration is required: https://www.twjbookshop.com/events/book-launch-party-storytime-with-andrea-wang-and-hyewon-yum
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About the Authors and Illustrator:
Andrea Wang is an acclaimed author of children’s books. Her book Watercress was awarded the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, a New England Book Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. Her other books, The Many Meanings of Meilan, Magic Ramen, and The Nian Monster, have also received awards and starred reviews. Her work explores culture, creative thinking, and identity. She is also the author of seven nonfiction titles for the library and school market. Andrea holds an M.S. in Environmental Science and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing for Young People. She lives in Colorado with her family.

Hyewon Yum is an author and illustrator of the books, The Twins' Little sister, Last Night, a Fiction Honorable Mention for the Bologna Ragazzi award and Winner of the Golden Kite Award; There are No Scary Wolves, Winner of Society of illustrators' Founder's Award; The Twins' Blanket, a Junior Library Guild selection; and Mom, It's my first day of Kindergarten!, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator award and was selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. She lives in Brooklyn, New York