Listen to a conversation about Japanese American representation, authenticity and telling your own story (#OwnVoices) with Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of "Love in the Library," and Connie Lin, one of San Francisco Public Library's youth librarians.
"Love in the Library," a children's picture book, is about the inspiration and emotions based on a true story, recounting her grandparents' time in the Minidoka incarceration camp, Tokuda-Hall memorializes her grandparents' hopes, worries, and miraculous act of them falling in love, despite the backdrop of a place designed to make you feel inhuman.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall is the author "Also an Octopus," illustrated by Benji Davies, "The Mermaid," "The Witch and The Sea," "Squad," illustrated by Lisa Sterle, and "Love in the Library" illustrated by Yas Imamura with more books forthcoming. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, son, and objectively perfect dog.
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"Love in the Library," a children's picture book, is about the inspiration and emotions based on a true story, recounting her grandparents' time in the Minidoka incarceration camp, Tokuda-Hall memorializes her grandparents' hopes, worries, and miraculous act of them falling in love, despite the backdrop of a place designed to make you feel inhuman.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall is the author "Also an Octopus," illustrated by Benji Davies, "The Mermaid," "The Witch and The Sea," "Squad," illustrated by Lisa Sterle, and "Love in the Library" illustrated by Yas Imamura with more books forthcoming. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, son, and objectively perfect dog.
Free
Presented by San Francisco Public Library
Listen to a conversation about Japanese American representation, authenticity and telling your own story (#OwnVoices) with Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of "Love in the Library," and Connie Lin, one of San Francisco Public Library's youth librarians.
"Love in the Library," a children's picture book, is about the inspiration and emotions based on a true story, recounting her grandparents' time in the Minidoka incarceration camp, Tokuda-Hall memorializes her grandparents' hopes, worries, and miraculous act of them falling in love, despite the backdrop of a place designed to make you feel inhuman.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall is the author "Also an Octopus," illustrated by Benji Davies, "The Mermaid," "The Witch and The Sea," "Squad," illustrated by Lisa Sterle, and "Love in the Library" illustrated by Yas Imamura with more books forthcoming. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, son, and objectively perfect dog.
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Presented by San Francisco Public Library
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"Love in the Library," a children's picture book, is about the inspiration and emotions based on a true story, recounting her grandparents' time in the Minidoka incarceration camp, Tokuda-Hall memorializes her grandparents' hopes, worries, and miraculous act of them falling in love, despite the backdrop of a place designed to make you feel inhuman.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall is the author "Also an Octopus," illustrated by Benji Davies, "The Mermaid," "The Witch and The Sea," "Squad," illustrated by Lisa Sterle, and "Love in the Library" illustrated by Yas Imamura with more books forthcoming. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband, son, and objectively perfect dog.
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