Paula Yoo: We Need Diverse Books Because …

Author Paula Yoo believes we all need diverse books so that all people can connect, better understand their similarities and differences, and through that understanding, bridge the gaps that keep communities apart.

See our full interview with Paula Yoo: https://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/yoo

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Paula Yoo

Children’s Author

Paula Yoo is an award-winning author of picture books including Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story, and YA novels and narrative nonfiction, including From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement. Paula is also a TV writer/producer, screenwriter, and professional violinist. 

In our interview, Paula talks about her young life as a reader and identifying with book characters, why she looks for resilience in her picture book biographies, how she honed her writing skills (there’s a Hollywood connection!), why we need to learn about Asian-American history and culture in our schools, and much more. 

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