FromNew York Timesbestselling author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo, here isI Dream of Popo.This delicate, emotionally rich picture book celebrates a special connection that crosses time zones and oceans as Popo and her granddaughter hold each other in their hearts forever.
I dream with Popo as she rocks me in her arms.
I wave at Popo before I board my flight.
I talk to Popo from across the sea.
I tell Popo about my adventures.
When a young girl and her family emigrate from Taiwan to America, she leaves behind her beloved popo, her grandmother. She misses her popo every day, but even if their visits are fleeting, their love is ever true and strong.
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021
ABooklistEditors' Choice Winner for 2021
From
New York Timesbestselling author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo, here is
I Dream of Popo.This delicate, emotionally rich picture book
celebrates a special connection that crosses time zones and oceans as Popo and her granddaughter hold each other in their hearts forever.
Livia Blackburneis theNew York Timesbestselling author of the Midnight Thief and Rosemarked duologies. Livia was born in Taipei, Taiwan and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when she was five. After a twelve-year stint at Harvard and MIT, where she earned an AB in biochemical sciences and a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, she moved to Los Angeles, where she now lives with her husband and daughter.
Julia Kuois a Taiwanese-American illustrator who has worked withThe New York Times, Google, and Science Friday. Julia has taught illustration courses at Columbia College Chicago and at her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. She is the illustrator ofDrawing Leaves and Tress: Observing and Sketching the Natural World,Katrina Goldsaito'sThe Sound of Silence, Roni Schotter'sls+