Grace Lin is an American author and illustrator of children’s books – from picture books to novels. She is a New York Times bestselling author. Grace grew up wanting to be an ice skater, but she didn’t have the attributes required to make it in that world. Instead, it was the pictures she drew that became her focus. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design, and set her goals on doing children’s books. Thus far in her career, she’s been awarded such honours as the American Booksellers Association’s “Pick of the List,” Bank’s Street College Best Books of the Year, Growing Good Kids Book Award Classic, Newbery Honor, Al Roker‘s Today Show Kid’s Book Club, Theodor Geisel Honor and many more. Aside from her books, Grace is a New York Times reviewer, an advocate for diversity, and a commentator for New England Public Radio. She lives in Florence, Massachusetts with her husband and daughter.

Grace Lin made her debut as an author and illustrator in 1999 with the picture book The Ugly Vegetables. Her debut novel, The Year of the Dog, was published in 2006. Below is a list of Grace Lin’s books in order of when they were originally released:

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Publication Order of Pacy Books

The Year of the Dog (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year of the Rat (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dumpling Days (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Ling & Ting Books

Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ling & Ting Share a Birthday (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Starry River of the Sky (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When the Sea Turned to Silver (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mulan (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Children's Books

I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story (With: Julia Kuo,Martha Brockenbrough) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Picture Books

The Ugly Vegetables (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dim Sum for Everyone! (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kite Flying (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Okie, Dokie Artichokie (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fortune Cookie Fortunes (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Robert's Snow (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christmas Carols (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Twelve Days of Christmas (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Robert's Snowflakes (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lissy's Friends (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Red Thread (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bringing In the New Year (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thanking the Moon (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Circle! Sphere! (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Up to My Knees! (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What Will Fit? (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Once Upon a Book (With: Kate Messner) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of She Persisted Books

Ella Fitzgerald (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stella Batts Something Blue (By: Courtney Sheinmel) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
13 American Women Who Changed the World (By: Chelsea Clinton) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
She Persisted Around the World (By: Chelsea Clinton) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game (By: Chelsea Clinton) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Harriet Tubman (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Claudette Colvin (By: Lesa Cline-Ransome) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sally Ride (By: Atia Abawi) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Virginia Apgar (By: Sayantani DasGupta) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nellie Bly (By: Michelle Knudsen) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sonia Sotomayor (By: Meg Medina) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Florence Griffith Joyner (By: Rita Williams-Garcia) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ruby Bridges (By: Kekla Magoon) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Clara Lemlich (By: Deborah Heiligman) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Margaret Chase Smith (By: Ruby Shamir) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maria Tallchief (By: Christine Day) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Helen Keller (By: Courtney Sheinmel) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Oprah Winfrey (By: Renée Watson) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wangari Maathai (By: Eucabeth A. Odhiambo) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
She Persisted in Science: Brilliant Women Who Made a Difference (By: Chelsea Clinton) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Temple Grandin (By: Lyn Miller-Lachmann) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Patsy Mink (By: Tae Keller) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Patsy Mink (By: Tae Keller) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Malala Yousafzai (By: Aisha Saeed) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diana Taurasi (By: Monica Brown) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wilma Mankiller (By: Traci Sorell) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maya Lin (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rosalind Franklin (By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dorothy Height (By: Kelly Starling Lyons) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Florence Nightingale (By: Alexandra Boiger,Chelsea Clinton,Gillian Flint,Shelli R. Johannes) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pura Belpré (By: Meg Medina,Marilisa Jimenez Garcia) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Simone Biles (By: Kekla Magoon) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Been There, Done That(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Creativity Project(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Super Puzzletastic Mysteries(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

If You Like Grace Lin Books, You’ll Love…

Grace Lin Synopses: The Year of the Dog is the first Pacy Lin novel by Grace Lin. When Pacy’s mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and “finding herself,” Pacy begins searching right away. As the year progresses, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the Year of the Dog is a lucky one for her after all.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a standalone fantasy title by Grace Lin based on Chinese folklore. In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life’s questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family’s fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.

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