Enjoy the best children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans. This compelling collection features 20 profiles with 60 action-packed, color illustrations.
It's about time - rebel girls, rad women, little leaders, and great guys are Asian American too! Readers will enjoy learning about 20 groundbreaking citizens who have contributed to the USA.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (actor)
Bruce Lee (martial artist)
Mindy Kaling (comedy writer)
Jeremy Lin (basketball player)
Lea Salonga (singer)
Steven Chu (Nobel prize winning physicist)
Yuri Kochiyama (activist)
Sammy Lee (Olympic gold medalist)
Helen Zia (journalist)
Tyrus Wong (painter)
Chrissy Teigen (model/entrepreneur)
David Chang (chef)
Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO)
Dr. Jane Luu (astronomer)
Daniel K. Inouye (senator/soldier)
Dolly Gee (lawyer/judge)
Shahid Khan (business owner)
Victoria Manolo Draves (Olympic gold medalist)
Sono Osato (dancer)
Flossie Wong-Staal (scientist)
These profiles of compelling personalities, men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations, are brought to life with fantastic color illustrations.
* Paperback
Phil Amara co-wrote The Discovery of Ramen and Fireworks & Gunpowder from The Asian Hall of Fame series. He wrote the children's picture book The Treehouse Heroes. He was an editor at Dark Horse Comics, and wrote The Nevermen comic book series and So, You Wanna Be A Comic Book Artist? He is an elementary school teacher in Boston, MA.
Oliver Chin co-wrote The Discovery of Ramen and Fireworks & Gunpowder from The Asian Hall of Fame series. He is the author of many children's book such as Julie Black Belt, Welcome to Monster Isle, and the popular annual series Tales from the Chinese Zodiac. He lives in San Francisco, CA.
Juan Calle founded Liberum Donum Studios (Bogotá, Colombia) which works on TV, film, and video games. Juan created the children's book Good Dream, Bad Dream and illustrated The Year of the Rooster and The Asian Hall of Fame series: The Discovery of Ramen and The Discovery of Fireworks & Gunpowder.