Lisa Yee was born and Raised near Los Angeles. In High School, she ditched class to go to the library
She held a wide variety of jobs, including working for Disney (got to be Mickey once!). She has published 10 novels (Millicent Min came in 2003). Lisa Yee was first "discovered" by Arthur Levine, editor of the Harry Potter series. Fun facts are that she travels with a stuffed Peep. You can check out her website and blog at these links.
Her website: www.lisayee.com
Blog: lisayee.livejournal.com
Millicent Min is the story of a girl genius. While she is only 11 years old, she is already attending college classes. She does not exactly fit in with her peers, so after meeting a nice girl named Emily, Millicent decides to hide the truth from Emily and not tell her she is a genius. As can be expected, this decision causes much tension between Millicent, Emily, and Sanford -- the boy Millicent is tutoring. Millicent Min is a funny book that reminds us why children's literature is so wonderful.
Children's books to accompany Millicent Min Girl Genius:
The House That Baba Built by Ed Young
Summer Days and Nights by Wong Herbert Yee
A Hmong Family by Nora Murphy
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Journey Home by Lawrence McKay, Jr.
Dia's Story Cloth by Dia Cha
Discussion Questions
Awards:
Lisa Yee won the Asian American Literary Award, which is issued by the Asian-American Writers workshop since 1998. To be eligible: the book must be written by someone of Asian descent living in the US. The book must have been first published in English.
Resources:
Asian Pacific American Award for Literature www.apalaweb.org
To honor and recognize works related to the Asian/Pacific American experiences or cultures
For books published in USA or any of its territories or in Canada.
Batchelder Award www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward
Presented by the ALSC. Named for the Mildred Batchelder. The award is for an American publisher, recognizes the most outstanding translated work of the year.
For Asian Literature that is great for American audiences check out Asian Festival of Children's Content (afcc.com/sg/_2013) The year 2013 will be their 5th year. Each year focuses on a different country in Asia. The festival presents three awards through the National Book Development Council of Singapore: the SingTel Asian Book Award, The Hedwig Anuar Children's Book Award, and The Scholastic Asian Book award.
She held a wide variety of jobs, including working for Disney (got to be Mickey once!). She has published 10 novels (Millicent Min came in 2003). Lisa Yee was first "discovered" by Arthur Levine, editor of the Harry Potter series. Fun facts are that she travels with a stuffed Peep. You can check out her website and blog at these links.
Her website: www.lisayee.com
Blog: lisayee.livejournal.com
Millicent Min is the story of a girl genius. While she is only 11 years old, she is already attending college classes. She does not exactly fit in with her peers, so after meeting a nice girl named Emily, Millicent decides to hide the truth from Emily and not tell her she is a genius. As can be expected, this decision causes much tension between Millicent, Emily, and Sanford -- the boy Millicent is tutoring. Millicent Min is a funny book that reminds us why children's literature is so wonderful.
Children's books to accompany Millicent Min Girl Genius:
The House That Baba Built by Ed Young
Summer Days and Nights by Wong Herbert Yee
A Hmong Family by Nora Murphy
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Journey Home by Lawrence McKay, Jr.
Dia's Story Cloth by Dia Cha
Discussion Questions
- What do you think of the illustrations and what they lend to The House that Baba Built? What sense did you get from the ending?
- Summer Days and Nights is a melting pot book. What pros and cons do you see to it? Does the rhyming add to or detract from the story?
- In A Hmong Family, do you agree with the introduction's assertion that the book wasn't attempting to debate refugees? In other words, did they accomplish their goal of not politicizing the story?
- From the pictures alone, what sense do you get of the Hmong culture? Is it portrayed in a positive, negative, or neutral light?
- In what ways, either in the text or illustrations, is the story of the name jar realistic?
- How do you think Mai might feel as a Vietnamese American in Vietnam in the story Journey Home?
- Why might it be important for Dia's Story Cloth to be in a collection?
Awards:
Lisa Yee won the Asian American Literary Award, which is issued by the Asian-American Writers workshop since 1998. To be eligible: the book must be written by someone of Asian descent living in the US. The book must have been first published in English.
Resources:
Asian Pacific American Award for Literature www.apalaweb.org
To honor and recognize works related to the Asian/Pacific American experiences or cultures
For books published in USA or any of its territories or in Canada.
Batchelder Award www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward
Presented by the ALSC. Named for the Mildred Batchelder. The award is for an American publisher, recognizes the most outstanding translated work of the year.
For Asian Literature that is great for American audiences check out Asian Festival of Children's Content (afcc.com/sg/_2013) The year 2013 will be their 5th year. Each year focuses on a different country in Asia. The festival presents three awards through the National Book Development Council of Singapore: the SingTel Asian Book Award, The Hedwig Anuar Children's Book Award, and The Scholastic Asian Book award.
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