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SUMMARY:Food\, Family\, and Folktales: A Conversation with Grace Lin
LOCATION:The Urbana Free Library\nThe Urbana Free Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestsell
 ing author\, Grace Lin\, for an engaging conversation about her journey to
  become an award-winning author and illustrator..\nhttps://urbanafreelibra
 ry.libnet.info/event/8874092
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Learn about her latest middle grade book\,
  <a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=6.10
 33.0.0.1&amp\;type=Advanced&amp\;term=%22Chinese%20Menu:%20The%20History\,
 %20Myths\,%20and%20Legends%20Behind%20Your%20Favorite%20Foods%22&amp\;rela
 tion=ALL&amp\;by=TI&amp\;term2=grace%20lin&amp\;relation2=ALL&amp\;by2=AU&
 amp\;bool1=AND&amp\;bool4=AND&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;pa
 ge=0&amp\;searchid=18" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Chinese Menu: Th
 e History\, Myths\, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods</em></a>\, a be
 autifully written full-color book that explores the whimsical myths and st
 ories behind your favorite American Chinese food\, and learn how you can d
 raw your own stories. Evanston Public Library Children&rsquo\;s Librarian\
 , Brian E. Wilson\, joins Grace in conversation.</p>\n<p>Before she was a 
 bestselling author and illustrator of picture books\, early readers\, and 
 middle-grade novels\, Lin was the only Asian girl going to her elementary 
 school in Upstate New York. That experience\, good and bad\, has influence
 d her books&mdash\;including her Newbery Honor\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://cu
 catalog.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type=A
 dvanced&amp\;term=%22Where%20The%20Mountain%20Meets%20the%20Moon%22&amp\;r
 elation=ALL&amp\;by=TI&amp\;term2=grace%20lin&amp\;relation2=ALL&amp\;by2=
 AU&amp\;bool1=AND&amp\;bool4=AND&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\
 ;page=0&amp\;searchid=19" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Where The Mou
 ntain Meets the Moon</em></a>\; her Geisel Honor\;&nbsp\;<a href="https://
 cucatalog.org/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type
 =Advanced&amp\;term=%22Ling%20%26%20Ting%22&amp\;relation=ALL&amp\;by=TI&a
 mp\;term2=grace%20lin&amp\;relation2=ALL&amp\;by2=AU&amp\;bool1=AND&amp\;b
 ool4=AND&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=20
 " target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Ling &amp\; Ting</em></a>\; her Natio
 nal Book Finalist\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search/se
 archresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type=Advanced&amp\;term=%22When%20t
 he%20Sea%20Turned%20to%20Silver%22&amp\;relation=ALL&amp\;by=TI&amp\;term2
 =grace%20lin&amp\;relation2=ALL&amp\;by2=AU&amp\;bool1=AND&amp\;bool4=AND&
 amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=21" target=
 "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>When the Sea Turned to Silver</em></a>\; and h
 er Caldecott Honor\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search/s
 earchresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type=Advanced&amp\;term=%22A%20Big
 %20Mooncake%20for%20Little%20Star%22&amp\;relation=ALL&amp\;by=TI&amp\;ter
 m2=grace%20lin&amp\;relation2=ALL&amp\;by2=AU&amp\;bool1=AND&amp\;bool4=AN
 D&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=22" targe
 t="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Big Mooncake for Little Star</em></a>. Lin
  advocates for diversity through her TEDx talk - &ldquo\;The Windows and M
 irrors of Your Child&rsquo\;s Bookshelf&rdquo\; - and a PBSNewHour video e
 ssay\, &ldquo\;What to do when you realize classic books from your childho
 od are racist.&rdquo\; She continued this mission with her podcast <em>kid
 litwomen</em>. In 2016\, Lin&rsquo\;s art was displayed at the White House
  and Lin\, herself\, was recognized by President Obama as a Champion of Ch
 ange for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.</p>\n<p
 ><em>This event is made possible by <strong>Illinois Libraries Present (IL
 P)</strong>\, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering pr
 emier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois Sta
 te Library\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using fund
 s provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under th
 e provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is com
 mitted to inclusion and accessibility.</em></p>\nhttps://urbanafreelibrary
 .libnet.info/event/8874092
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