Grace Lin is a children's book author and illustrator.
She is from the United States.
Her family is originally from Asia.
She makes different kinds of books: picture books, early readers and chapter books.
She uses bright colors in her illustrations.
The children in the illustrations look similar.
She writes about what is important to her.
Further, our students got some expert advice from Grace Lin for their own book making:
Read as much as possible.
Always write and draw things that are important to you.
It was lovely hearing our students share what is important to them and what they would write and draw about in their books: their family, dogs (and other pets), their friends, school, dinosaurs - just to mention a few.
At the beginning of this year, Grace Lin gave a wonderful TED talk which I have referred to several times already. In case you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend watching it. It is a wonderful reminder of the importance of diverse book collections as well as quite generally of the importance of reading: books are mirrors, helping us discover who we are, and windows into the world out there, helping us to see and understand what life is like for others.