An office visit
I recently paid a visit to the offices of my publisher Star Bright Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts and met with the founding publisher Deborah Shine and the managing editor Jiyoung Ahn, wonderful brilliant women who make a difference for children. Over chocolates and tea we discussed Deborah’s desire to allow a voice for all children by starting Star Bright Books in 1994. As Judith Rosen in Publishers Weekly stated, “Beginning with the press’s very first book, Rochelle Bunnett’s Friends at School, Shine has made a point of portraying children of different colors, nationalities, and abilities in the books on her list. Shine believes that children should not only be able to see themselves in print but also hear their native tongue when the books are read aloud. Star Bright makes bilingual books available in 24 languages…”
So here I am pictured with Deborah and Jiyoung holding one of my picture books A Stick Until, each of us holding the book in a different language: Chinese, Japanese, Spanish/English. Visit the Star Bright Books catalog for more of their book listings: https://starbrightbooks.com
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