Maple Lam – illustratör

Percy Jackson meets Dragon Ball in the second book of this adorable, funny, and action-packed graphic novel series! Now the Monkey King and his sidekick Cerberus are bursting into the world of Japanese folklore!Monsters of the East, beware! Sun Wukong (aka the Monkey King) and his trusty three-headed pal Cerberus are headed on their next monster-hunting mission to Heian-Kyo, capital of ancient Japan—a city where long ago humans and beasts lived together in peace. But since the great war, the beasts have been cast out of the city and things seem more divided than ever.When he crash lands in the city, Wukong finds himself in the middle of it all. He soon meets a boy named Momotaro who believes the beasts have stolen an important magical object, and a kitsune named Kit who is convinced humans have burned down the beast’s only source of food in the wild. With these latest incidents, the tension between beasts and humans comes to a breaking point.But Wukong suspects something more sinister is behind everything: a monster trying to get the two sides to fight. He and his new friends must race against the clock to uncover the true villain before all-out war breaks out in the city. Packed with characters from Japanese folklore, magical weapons, and epic battles, this will be the Monkey King’s greatest adventure yet!

From author-illustrator Maple Lam comes a new picture book about a Chinese American girl and her younger sister as they attend their weekly dim sum family gathering. A celebration of the traditional Chinese customs passed on from generation to generation: togetherness, love, family—and FOOD! Today is Sunday and that means its dim sum time with my whole family! I can’t wait to see everyone, especially Grandma.I’m going to eat lots of shrimp dumplings, rice noodle rolls, egg tarts, and my favorite—char siu buns. We will have to order enough for us all to share.So what are you waiting for? Dim sum, here we come!A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD GOLD STANDARD SELECTION!

One minute you can''t live without them . . . the next minute you don''t want them breathing your air! Siblings everywhere will relate to this humorous look at famous brothers and sisters whose important bonds have shaped their accomplishments . . . (mostly) for the better.They blame you when they get in trouble. They seem like your parents'' favorite. They are the only enemy you can''t live without. Almost everyone has a juicy story about their siblings--even famous people. Meet those who got along, those who didn''t, and everyone in between!   • Demi Lovato and her sister   • Tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams   • Walt and Roy Disney   • Princes William and Harry   • Stephen Colbert and his eleven older siblings    • Quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning   • The Jacksons (Michael, Janet, and family)   • Reality TV sensations, the Gosselins    • Queen Elizabeth I and the queen who history remembers as Bloody Mary   • Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker   • John Wilkes Booth (the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln) and his brother Edwin   • Vincent and Theo van Gogh   • Airplane inventors, the Wright brothers   • The Romanovs   • The KennedysOh, brother! This could get ugly. . . .

Shake, clap, jump, and wiggle your way through this classic Raffi sing-along book!Join a group of happy campers on a fun moonlit night in this beloved Raffi Song to Read. The rhythm, rhyme, and repetition of singing support and encourage speech and listening skills, laying the foundations for later reading.