I am excited to join the 4th Annual Pan-Asian Lunar New Year festival on Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, at the Ebster Courtyard, Decatur, GA. The festival celebrate with our family & friends, featuring the diverse customs of: Vietnam, South Korea, China, Thailand, Japan, and the Philippines.

I will be at the author’s table signing the books from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM, and will be reading a book for a storytime during this time. Join for fun, activities, and of course food! Ticketed events for adults ($10), and kids enter free! All proceeds beneft Asian American Voices for Education.

More info here.

I am absolutely thrilled to be in Atlanta, GA, for this Lunar New Year Storytime! Join me in the morning storytime at the local favorite bookstore Little Shop of Stories. I will read Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day, do a drawing demo, and we will do a simple arts & crafts with stickers together!
Date: 01/30/2025
Time:11:00am - 11:30am
Place:
Little Shop of Stories
133A East Court Square
Decatur, GA 30030-2561

Join me at a friendly local art supply store Sunnyside Arts for my annual storytime event there with friends, families, and neighbors! I will read Tomorrow Is New Years Day, and lead a simple arts & craft session for little ones. Bring your own copies of books to be signed. Ticketed event. Ticket info here.

I am excited to be joining Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Elementary School’s Book Fair along with acclaimed authors for readings and signings! Join us for fun if you’re students, caregivers, or staffs of Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Elementary School!

I am participating in a panel for ASIANS IN ARTS as a part of Dear Asian Careers, presented by this wonderful organization Dear Asian Youth. This all-day conference features leadership workshops, panels by professionals working in different areas (Arts, Business, STEM, Social Impact), and networking opportunities for youth. My panel will be held at 2:50 PM.

The event is for highschool students, but open to general public as well. Tickets are available here.

Come join me at the Great Neck Library’s main building for an hour of fun - a short presentation of how I make books, read aloud, Q & A, followed by arts & craft!

Join multiple authors and illustrators for an afternoon packed with literary discussion, writing workshop, illustration workshop, and cooking workshop for children of all ages! The event is held in a beautiful building of Asia Society in NYC.

I will be a part of below session, followed by book signing:

1:15 - 2:00 PM  Young Voices, Wise Words: An interactive session featuring authors and kids shaping literary futures.

I am a part of this exciting, all-day, all-weekend F-Family Fest: Celebrate Seollal in Korean Cultural Center NY’s new home in midtown NYC. Check out the link for their full schedule including live performances by Woori Show, tteok making workshop by Rice Blossom, Pororo Movie screening, and story times by me! I will read Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day in the center’s beautiful new library space at 10 am and 1 pm on Saturday, Feb 24th. Registration required, and can be done here. Hope to see you there!

Join the panel of authors and illustrators who created books on Lunar New Year! We will talk about our books, read a story, share the art, and answer questions from the audience. Come join us to see why and how we made our books, enjoy the story and art, and ask any questions! Signed books will be available.

Panels include:

Wish Soup: A Celebration of Seollal by JUNGHWA PARK

Laolao's Dumplings illustrated by SHINYEON MOON

Two New Years by RICHARD HO

Tomorrow Is New Year's Day by ARAM KIM

I will have a storytime followed by arts & craft session in the beloved local bookstore The World’s Borough Bookshop that opened last summer in my neighborhood. Come join us for a story and art, and just to say hi! You can always request a signed copy of my books from this bookstore.

Join me in the beloved local art supply store Sunnyside Arts for a storytime of Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day followed by a craft time with paper artist Sam Ita. Ticketed event with a limited seating. Register here.

Join me in New Jersey Millburn Free Public Library for the Lunar New Year event where I would read Tomorrow Is New Year’s Day, play jegi chagi, and make paper bokjumoni (lucky pouch) together. Registration is required here. Currently full, but waitlist is available.

Join this wonderful community event organized by beloved neighborhood PTAs and small businesses to defend books from censorship. If you are in Queens, please join many authors, artists, and educators this Saturday (Dec 16) for a day full of story times, drawing workshops, panel discussions and performances in Forest Hills. For all ages!
Our local bookstore Kew and Willow will have a pop up store to carry books by participating authors and many others. I will read Let’s Go to Taekwondo around at 1:55pm, and will participate in Discussing the Diversity with Children panel at 11:30am.

I will be one of many local artists participating in The Queens Holiday Art & Zine Fest in the beloved art supply store Sunnyside Arts next Saturday (Nov 4) afternoon (12-6pm). Come meet the local artists and maybe find the zine/arts you want to take home!

I will have several copies of my signed books along with limited number of signed art prints. All giclee prints on the archival paper, three art pieces from No Kimchi for Me! including Kimchi Variety (with labels in Korean and English) sized 11 x 17, Yoomi Carrying a Kimchi Jar, sized 8 x 10, and Yoomi Trying Kimchijeon, sized 8 x 10 will be available.

Join Frances Cha, the author of the critically acclaimed novel If I Had Your Face and newly published children’s book The Goblin Twins and me in conversation at The Korea Society where we will discuss making picture books from the practical process to our philosophy in writing for children.

Sign up to attend in-person here.
Sign up to receive the viewing link online here.

During the event, picture books by Frances Cha and Aram Kim will be available for sale.

Come celebrate Seollal with a Banchan Box Party Brunch to benefit Woori Show, a bilingual, educational TV / online series that helps children love Korean language and culture. The program is full and exciting! Tickets available here (SOLD OUT).

* Share a special meal of Tteok Mandu Guk and banchan by our BBP friends & family, Kimbap Lab, Judy Kim and Jamesy Park.

* Children's Book Author Aram Kim will be reading and signing her new book, Tomorrow is New Year's Day.

* Kids will learn how to fold mandu from our friends at 8282 & Cho Mama Kitchen - and create a modern Korean song-pyeon from Rice Blossoms.

* Come taste drinks and treats from Halmi, Jumo (just for the adults!) and KimC Market, who will also have a special premium rice raffle!

* Guests will also receive a Seollal gift from Material along with a special tote from Designer/Ilustrator Nancy Pappas

Proceeds from this event will go to Woori Show, a 501c non profit that is spreading Korean language, culture and joy! Purchase the ticket here.

Tickets are available to purchase online, or at the door.
Join me for a storytime of TOMORROW IS NEW YEAR’S DAY at the beloved local art supply store Sunnyside Arts in Queens. After the reading, paper art expert Sam Ita (creator of Tokyo Pop-Up Book) will lead an origami activity.

Come for a story, come for an activity! A limited number of books will be available to purchase. Feel free to bring in your book for me to sign.

To celebrate Seollal, a Korean celebration of Lunar New Year, I will be doing a storytime on Stimola’s youtube channel! I will do a brief show & tell along with Q&A for live audience. Caregivers, bring your kids! Teachers and educators, log in from the classrooms! Register for free on Stimola Live.

Virtual Party! Register for free here!

Join me and two other creators of picture books on Lunar New Year at Books of Wonder’s crowdcast on January 15th, Sunday, 1PM EST. We will introduce our new books, read a few pages, and answer any questions from the audience! Join us for the storytime and the behind the scene story from the creators of picture books. There will be raffles for attendees!

Join me and local kimchi makers for an hour of fun! I will read No Kimchi for Me!, do a drawing with participants and everyone will get to sample various kinds of homemade kimchis made by neighbors. Come for a story or a drawing session, or kimchi tasting, or everything!

Ticket: $10 for the event only/ $15 for the event + signed paperback edition of No Kimchi for Me!

Tickets available at the door or book online here

Join me for an exciting in-person storytime event to celebrate 5 year anniversary of beloved local bookstore Kew & Willow on Saturday! I will read Let’s Go to Taekwondo!, do a drawing demo, and everyone can join for art & craft tile to make a paper puppet of Yoomi and her friends!

Are you attending New Jersey Librarian’s Association’s annual conference? Please join me at the Garden State Award Luncheon where I will talk about the importance of the library, librarians and books in our community, for our children, and what they have meant for me.

Children's books help develop empathy when children read about and identify with characters dissimilar to themselves. Furthermore, it is equally important for children to see themselves in the books they read. Despite overwhelming research that reading diverse books are vital for fostering confidence and empathy in children, Asian American stories are still underpublished and underrepresented.

This event will explore the importance of highlighting Asian American voices in children's literature by engaging a panel of best-selling authors and advocates for diversity in children's books. Join Aram Kim, Hope Lim, Andrea Wang, and Raakhee Mirchandani (moderator) for an in-depth and thought-provoking conversation.

Sunday Funday in Koreatown Story Time will be aired LIVE on Saturday May 7, at 10:30 AM EST through Asia Society’s website (youtube/facebook/twitter) followed by the author interview with wonderful Neelam Chowdhary about the inspiration, behind the scenes and the importance of telling stories. All ages welcome! Videos will be available to watch after the event in the link below: https://youtu.be/ZHEkOcpTkw8

Glen Rock Children’s Book Festival is joyous and festive gathering of authors and illustrators with neighbors and all the community members! Join the group of wonderful creators to get your favorite books signed, enjoy the storytime and drawing demos, and just have a good time outdoors! More info here.

Join me for the first in-person storytime of Sunday Funday in Koreatown at the joyous Brooklyn Book Festival! The festival’s Children’s Day is Saturday October 2nd and is filled with wonderful programs including storytimes, interactive workshop, yoga, and more. The full program can be found here.

Find a way to Brooklyn Common at MetroTech and find the children’s stage for a storytime! <3