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Meet Hannah J. Kuo. She is an aspiring young writer and has impressed us with her creativity and determination! While having published in the 8th grade, she is now a freshman at UC Berkeley and about to host her first book signing in San Jose, CA. Listen to where her latest published book, The Cloud Princess, originated, and you will be sure to keep all your scraps of writing around! 

Blog
https://candlelightwritings.home.blog/
First novel - Wildfire’s Twin (2018)
https://www.amazon.com/Wildfires-Twin-Hannah-J-Kuo-ebook/dp/B07CGN5S6S/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1636675335&refinements=p_27%3AHannah+J.+Kuo&s=books&sr=1-5
First picture book - Bibi the Bumblebee (2019)
https://www.amazon.com/Bibi-Bumblebee-Hannah-J-Kuo/dp/1099827663/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1636675335&refinements=p_27%3AHannah+J.+Kuo&s=books&sr=1-2
Latest book - The Cloud Princess (2021)
https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Princess-Hannah-J-Kuo/dp/B092X53967/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1636675335&refinements=p_27%3AHannah+J.+Kuo&s=books&sr=1-1

Dina Yoo, an elementary school teacher with over 23 years of experience, shares how she sets up Writing Workshop in her classroom. After surviving a year of teaching during a pandemic, she highlights some changes and challenges to teaching writing in a virtual classroom with young students. Check out her wisdom and advice for how you can improve your writing workshop in your classroom! 

The Young Author's Book Festival (YABF) 2022 is now open for registration! Dina highlights some of her favorite moments from last year's YABF! Sign your school up today at:
https://www.youngauthorsbookfestival.org/

Why should writing be taught as a workshop? Listen in on our conversation with River Brown, a retired teacher turned illustrator, writer and teacher consultant. She recalls the evolution of her writing instruction and the subsequent changes she witnessed in her student writers. To teach writing as a workshop, River explains the shift she had to make as a teacher. She gives advice on how to get started, what to look for, and where to get help. 
Podcast Notes:
San Jose Area Writing Project - https://www.sjawp.org/professional-learning-community-2021
About Lynda Barry - https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/features/creative-license/

The Lost War by Anaïs Vaugelade 


Ish by Peter Reynolds

It has been 15 exciting years since American Born Chinese hit the bookstores!
And have you heard the news this week? Disney Plus greenlit American Born Chinese, a new action-comedy series based on Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel, American Born Chinese. If you haven't read American Born Chinese yet, or if you need a refresher, check out this podcast episode!

Graphic Novel Link: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250811899/americanbornchinese

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/American-Born-Chinese-Gene-Luen/dp/1250811899/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+born+chinese&qid=1633671053&s=books&sr=1-1

Welcome to Season 2 of the Graphic Campus Podcast! Join Theresa Yang and Rosa Lee in the  Season 2 opening episode, as Gene Luen Yang discusses his latest work on Shang-Chi and his writing process to be inspired and stay on schedule. Catch why the three of them love Jacqueline Woodson and what to look forward to in the Young Authors Book Festival 2022!  

Graphic Campus's Theresa and Gene Yang with Rosa Lee, get deep with Matt de la Peña. We get to listen in on his origin story, his basketball background and how the new book he wrote and illustrated by Christian Robinson, Milo Imagines the World, came to be.  We discuss how reading a picture book contains multiple, complex layers. Milo Imagines the World offers themes of forced separation and stereotypes. Matt de la Peña also gives valuable advice to his younger self and to young writers!