Grace Lin

A big Mooncake for little Star scarf

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Grace lin holding tea towel

Friends! The @carlemuseum has Big Mooncake scarves and Chinese Menu dish towels for sale!!! I am very excited!!!! Hope you are, too:

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Photos of authors Janae marks and Leslie Connor on thebookishstate website

I’ve joined @msthombookitis.bsky.social to create @thebookishstate.bsky.social where we highlight CT Nutmeg Award books & have a live webinar with the authors!

This month features Leslie Connor and @janaemarksbooks.bsky.social !
Sign up for their webinar now:

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*GIFT BOX* The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon Signed Book w/ Sprayed E Pre-order now to receive an exclusive sticker! In this beautifully illustrated tale by award-winning author Grace Lin, join Jin the Stone Lion on a quest to return the Sacred Sphere to the spirit worl...

Guess what?? The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon GIFT BOX is now available!

Great for a holiday gift (be an early bird) or a special present—this box is VERY limited, so order yours now:

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So excited for the first episode which will go LIVE on Tuesday, Sept. 9th! Please ✅ out our website to find out what we have in store for season 1 & please spread the word! #mg #bookjoy #nutmegaward @authorgracelin.bsky.social @msthombookitis.bsky.social thebookishstate.com

A young girl, surrounded by two blue dragons, plates of food, and take out containers, holds a bowl of soup

As someone who loves legends and lore, as well as food culture, I honestly can't get enough of "Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods" by @authorgracelin.bsky.social . This book is a gift.

#kidlit

Oh, I’m SO happy she enjoys that book; it was a labor of love for me, so finding out kids like it is so gratifying💜💜💜

Oh, love that!! Thank you for sharing!

I think that is what makes story—and being human—so wonderful. We can always continue the story to the ending we want.

What stories you would want a new ending to?

For me, many of the Chinese legends ended w/heartbreak—and I didn’t like it! Many of my books are about giving a new ending to these stories. For example, the legend of a Bell where a trapped spirit of a girl begs for her shoe. In my book, the spirit finally gets her shoe…and is freed.

Have you ever read a story that had an ending you couldn’t abide? What was it? I’m writing a mini-lecture and would love to hear yours!

Cover of The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon by Grace Lin

It is wonderful. You'll have to try @authorgracelin.bsky.social's newest one - beautiful, also.

I’m absolutely loving this one by @authorgracelin.bsky.social! I’m so glad my eldest daughter chose this book as our #WoltjerFamilyBookClub selection.

Today is the Double Seventh Festival or what I was taught (in the 80’s) to call “Chinese Valentine’s Day”! When I made this video a couple years back, saying the proper festival name hadn’t occurred to me😬. But I still think this is worth sharing because I think we all need to celebrate love. 💜

Grace Lin Discusses Carle Museum Exhibit and Kennedy Center Disappointment A career retrospective at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the current political climate have kid lit creator Grace Lin considering the next phase of her career.

Thanks so much to @authorgracelin.bsky.social for taking the time to speak with me.
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But mostly, my message is —take heart, fellow authors! We are playing the long game. 💜

Original year of the dog cover with gold foil

Paperback year of the dog cover with yellow decorative accents

When it was first published, it was thought putting an Asian face on the cover would turn off readers so I conceived of making it look like a Chinese red envelope with gold foil-was so happy about it! Over the years, the cover has lost its foil but gained an Asian face so I don’t feel any loss.

Year of the dog on USA bestseller listing

To my great surprise, “Year of the Dog” hit the USA Today’s bestseller list at 130 a couple weeks back. This was my very first novel, published back in 2006(?). While it did receive a starred review, it didn’t do much else. It has never made any bestseller list…until now, almost 20 years later.

TARDIS Little free library

TARDIS little free library with light lit

TARDIS little free library at dusk with light

Behold our new Little Free Library!

Episode #305: Live at the Carle Museum with Melissa Hung! — Book Friends Forever Grace and Alvina are together at the Carle Museum, recording a live episode with special guest Melissa Hung, curator of Grace's solo art exhibit at the Carle Museum! They talk about how the show came ...

Oh wait, I should link to the podcast episode: bookfriendsforever.com/home/episode...

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Wednesday morning reminder that your voice still matters. Can you take five minutes to call your reps? 5calls.org

Israel begins daily pause in fighting in 3 Gaza areas to allow entry of 'minimal' aid The Israeli military on Sunday began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day, part of measures including airdrops as concerns grow over surging hunger and as Is...

"Minimal aid" is hardly a moral response when children are starving. This should not be political or controversial - we're talking about the most basic of all human rights. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Illustration of Chinatown gate from “The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon”

Illustration of dragon from “The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon”

Homemade candle + the book “The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon”

for the fall, I’m collab w/my local indie to offer deluxe bk gift boxes! We’re planning the boxes to include an autographed book, enamel pin, sticker, a handmade candle & a print. But not sure which image to make a print of….The Old City Gate or The Dragon at the beach? Let me know what you think!

David Baldacci testifies before Senate committee as an Authors Guild member, and discusses concerns about AI companies about the theft of creative work.

“I truly felt like someone backed up a truck to my imagination and stole everything that I’ve created.” —David Baldacci

The Authors Guild asked Baldacci to stand before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, and he delivered a powerful testimony.

Read about it! authorsguild.org/news/david-b...

Screenshot from The Carle website: An intricate painted illustration of two children riding a horse into the sea. Title reads: The Creative Threads of Grace Lin. On Asian American identity and narrative plentitude.

For @carlemuseum.bsky.social I wrote a curator’s essay about the career of @authorgracelin.bsky.social, Asian American identity, and narrative plentitude (with thanks to @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social for coining the term) carlemuseum.org/explore-art/...

Cover of The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon, by Grace Lin. Picture shows the title on a large sphere in a stone lion cub's mouth, with a girl behind him, a Chinese lantern, and a dragon by the side. All framed by a red gate.

Grace Lin's wonderful new book, The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon features the lion cub from a Chinatown gate who must figure out how to fix things when the Sacred Sphere gets lost.

Read my review:
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3-d printed sculpture of characters from Grace’s book

Grace signing book

“The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon” books

A lovely librarian gave this to me at ALA! Isn’t it amazing? I’m trying to decide if I should paint it or leave it grey. Regardless, it captures the book perfectly!😍

Speaking of, I just signed a bunch more books @high_five_books ;so if you want an autographed copy 😁:

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Thank you!

Behind-my-art video from @carlemuseum.bsky.social ! Come visit the Carle!

🖼 “The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place”, on view through January 4, 2026

🖼 “Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpaper”s, on view through November 9, 2025

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Hello all—you don’t need me to tell you the world is a heartbreak right now but you might not know about 5calls.org—it makes calling your reps really easy. I try to do it everyday, and it makes me feel better even if it doesn’t change things.

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The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon

#Bookaday I added @authorgracelin.bsky.social's The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon to my 2025 Books I Love presentation: www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...