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Associate Publisher of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books, imprints of @lernerbooks. Also knitter, baker, ballerina, and mother. Incessantly curious. She/her
Oct 1, 2019 15 tweets 8 min read
Today I'm thrilled to celebrate the release of A MAP INTO THE WORLD, written by @kaokaliayang and illustrated by Seo Kim. I want to share a story about this book. Front cover of the picture book A MAP INTO THE WORLD, which shows a young Hmong girl drawing with chalk on a sidewalk The narrator, Paj Ntaub, is a young Hmong American girl. She sees beauty all around her, and tries (often not successfully) to share what she finds with others. At the end, she provides an unexpected gift to her neighbor Bob, who is grieving his wife’s death. A young Hmong girl, standing in a garden and happily breathing in the scent of a bunch of lilac blooms